🗣️ New paper! 🗣️

The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇

📣 Data, data, data 📣

The BBLAB crew spent the day compiling our isotope data in the @isoarch.bsky.social version 3.0 database! Thanks @isotopistrachel.bsky.social & @tloeffelmann.bsky.social for teaching us the ropes 🧗🏻‍♀️
#openaccessdata #archaeology #fairandcare

Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors! ❤️‍🔥@tloeffelmann.bsky.social @osteolady.bsky.social @elliestam.bsky.social @toothdetective.bsky.social @christophe-fire.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social (6/6)

We also found that cremation practices at Herstal & Court-Saint-Etienne differed from other Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age sites. Sampling petrous parts & teeth can also help us understand how heat affects bone structure & chemistry, though more research is needed. (5/6)

We found that sampling different skeletal elements matters! Isotope differences between childhood tissues (teeth, petrous part) & later-forming bones revealed changes in food consumption, and indicated the presence of multiple people in one grave. ⚱️ (4/6)

Our case studies come from two Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age sites in Belgium: Herstal & Court-Saint-Etienne. We analysed five cremated skeletal elements 🦴: petrous parts, teeth, crania, diaphyses, and ribs - each reflecting different life stages and parts of the body. (3/6)

Through the use of strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope analyses and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, we investigated mobility, food consumption patterns, and funerary practices, with the overarching goal of reconstructing life histories. (2/6)

📢 New paper alert! 📢

I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)

Our case studies come from two Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age sites in Belgium: Herstal & Court-Saint-Etienne. We analysed five cremated skeletal elements 🦴: petrous parts, teeth, crania, diaphyses, and ribs - each reflecting different life stages and parts of the body. (3/6)

Through the use of strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope analyses and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, we investigated mobility, food consumption patterns, and funerary practices, with the overarching goal of reconstructing life histories. (2/6)

Paper Alert 🔥
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

The first Belgium’s strontium isoscape is out now!
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!

Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001

Massive congrats to @Christophe-fire.bsky.social on winning a VUB Brussel Excellent PhD Supervisor Award. Your support and enthusiasm mean the 🌍 to the team 🔥

@amgc-vub.bsky.social

Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

BBLAB has so much to celebrate! 🎉 @christophe-fire.bsky.social's 10-year milestone at VUB and his recent PhD Supervisor Prize, plus the arrival of new members set the stage for an exciting 2025. Here’s to a year filled with research, isotopes and collaboration!

This weekend is the Wetenschapsfestival Brussel 2024, and we are doing a (temporary) tattoo parlour for children with Archaeology & Cosmo-Geochemistry designs - coming two of the many disciplines in our department. if you're in Brussels, the event is free, the tattoos are also free!

In exciting Monday morning news, the BB-Lab have arrived to bluesky! 🦷🧪🏺🦴

@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social