'Feeding Stonehenge: what isotopes can reveal about the origin of people and their food' - talk by Professor Jane Evans, Head of Science-based Archaeology, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Thursday October 6th.
The strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of tooth enamel provides information on the origin of individuals and their livestock. This talk will describe the application of isotopes to burials in the Stonehenge area and look at the way in which we can assess sources of food for eating/feasting at Stonehenge.
Jane Evans is an isotope geologist by training and specialized in rocks that had been altered during low-temperature burial events.
7.30 at BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, Bath
Everyone is welcome: visitors £4 - - students £2.
Free refreshments at the end of the talk
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