scholarly journals New Ag 3 PO 4 comparison material for stable oxygen isotope analysis

Author(s):  
Andrea Watzinger ◽  
Katharina Schott ◽  
Rebecca Hood‐Nowotny ◽  
Federica Tamburini ◽  
Laura Arppe ◽  
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Author(s):  
Amanda T. Groff ◽  
Tosha L. Dupras

The Egyptian oases were dynamic borderlands where culture, economic practices, and politics diverged from the Nile Valley. The cultural identities of the individuals inhabiting these frontiers during the Romano-Christian era (50–450CE) are predominantly lost to history, save for scant textual sources that describe socioeconomic activities. In this chapter, we explore these identities further by utilizing stable oxygen isotope analysis in conjunction with textual sources to discuss the mobility of adults from the Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Results from this analysis indicate females came from isotopically similar environments and were stationary, while males were migrating more frequently for work-related activities. These data complement the limited textual evidence allowing for more detailed reconstruction of economics, kinship, and residence patterns during the Romano-Christian era, and lend to a definition of Egyptian frontier identity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislaw Halas ◽  
Grzegorz Skrzypek ◽  
Wolfram Meier-Augenstein ◽  
Andrzej Pelc ◽  
Helen F. Kemp

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 5631-5644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asier García-Escárzaga ◽  
Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti ◽  
Adolfo Cobo ◽  
David Cuenca-Solana ◽  
Javier Martín-Chivelet ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Barbour

With the development of rapid measurement techniques, stable oxygen isotope analysis of plant tissue is poised to become an important tool in plant physiological, ecological, paleoclimatic and forensic studies. Recent advances in mechanistic understanding have led to the improvement of process-based models that accurately predict variability in the oxygen isotope composition of plant organic material (δ18Op). δ18Op has been shown to reflect the isotope composition of soil water, evaporative enrichment in transpiring leaves, and isotopic exchange between oxygen atoms in organic molecules and local water in the cells in which organic molecules are formed. This review presents current theoretical models describing the influences on δ18Op, using recently published experimental work to outline strengths and weaknesses in the models. The potential and realised applications of the technique are described.


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