Across the Alps in prehistory : isotopic mapping of the Brenner Passage by bioarchaeology /: isotopic mapping of the Brenner Passage by bioarchaeology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gisela Grupe, Andrea Grigat, George C. McGlynn, editors.
• Editors: Grupe, Gisela, 1956-; Grigat, Andrea; (Paleoanthropologist), McGlynn, George
• Contents: 1 Transalpine mobility and trade since the Mesolithic (Lang, Metzner-Nebelsick, Sommer, Steidl): Concepts of mobility and migration; State of the art; Open questions (which can potentially be solved by isotopic mapping) -- 2 The concept of isotopic landscapes and isotopic mapping in bioarchaeological research (Grupe, Hölzl, Mayr, Söllner): Isotopic landscapes; Approaches to isotopic mapping for archaeology; Aims and scopes of this project -- 3 Isotopic mapping by use of archaeofaunal assemblages (Peters): Advantages and prerequisites; Accompanying insights into archaeozoology (domestication, trade, subsistence economy) -- 4 Validation of isotopic data in bioapatite of cremated and uncremated archaeological finds (Schmahl): Bioapatite and its high temperature modifications; Diagenesis of bioapatite; Sample decontamination and mineralogical characterization; Catalogue of quality criteria for stable isotope analysis of bioapatite -- 5 The isotopic fingerprint: New methods of data mining and similarity search (Kriegel, Kröger): Uncertain data and how to cope with them; Definition of similarity; Dependent and independent variables; Definition of individual place of origin and probabilities -- 6 Isotopic map of the Inn-Eisack-Etsch-Brenner passage (Söllner, Grupe, Kröger): Definition and establishment of archaeological isoscapes; comparison with modern Isoscapes; Calculation and definition of local cut-off values; Comparison of conventional maps with those generated by computer scientists -- 7 Current synthesis and future options (whole research group): Application of the map to uncremated and cremated finds, interpretive potential, World wide data sharing.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 560/.45538; 570; Life sciences; Paleobiology -- Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy); Paleoanthropology -- Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy); NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures; NATURE -- Fossils; SCIENCE -- Paleontology; Paleoanthropology; Paleobiology; Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Anthropology; Mass Spectrometry; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Science -- Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Computers -- Database Management -- Data Mining; Anthropology; Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry; Data mining; Anthropology; Mass spectrometry; Data mining; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Life sciences: general issues; Europe -- Brenner Pass; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319415505; 3319415506; 3319415484; 9783319415482
• Related ISBNs: 9783319415482
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 7, 2017).
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