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At the heart of this book is the matter of how isotopic landscapes
combined with data mining enriches insights on prehistoric
migration and cultural transfer. Isotopic mapping is an
indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the
past, but is limited by eco-geographic redundancies. An
interdisciplinary research group focuses on the archaeological
isotopic landscape of a reference region of outstanding importance,
namely the transalpine migration route via the Brenner Pass which
has been in use since the Mesolithic. Over the period of several
cultural epochs, cremation was either the most common or exclusive
burial custom practiced. For the first time, a systematic and large
scale investigation of cremated remains was being conducted in the
field of prehistoric migration research.87Sr/86Sr, 208Pb/204Pb,
207Pb/204Pb, 206Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/207Pb, 206Pb/207Pb and - if
applicable - also 18O were measured in human and animal skeletal
finds, an isotopic map was established, and innovative methods of
data mining and similarity research have been applied to accomplish
this novel approach to studying prehistoric migration and culture
transfer. The book has interdisciplinary appeal and scholars
working in bioarchaeology, physical anthropology and computer
applications in life sciences will find it of particular interest.
At the heart of this book is the matter of how isotopic landscapes
combined with data mining enriches insights on prehistoric
migration and cultural transfer. Isotopic mapping is an
indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the
past, but is limited by eco-geographic redundancies. An
interdisciplinary research group focuses on the archaeological
isotopic landscape of a reference region of outstanding importance,
namely the transalpine migration route via the Brenner Pass which
has been in use since the Mesolithic. Over the period of several
cultural epochs, cremation was either the most common or exclusive
burial custom practiced. For the first time, a systematic and large
scale investigation of cremated remains was being conducted in the
field of prehistoric migration research.87Sr/86Sr, 208Pb/204Pb,
207Pb/204Pb, 206Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/207Pb, 206Pb/207Pb and - if
applicable - also 18O were measured in human and animal skeletal
finds, an isotopic map was established, and innovative methods of
data mining and similarity research have been applied to accomplish
this novel approach to studying prehistoric migration and culture
transfer. The book has interdisciplinary appeal and scholars
working in bioarchaeology, physical anthropology and computer
applications in life sciences will find it of particular interest.
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