| Valenzuela-Suau, Lua, Valenzuela-Lamas, Sílvia, Pena, Leopoldo D., Delgado, Antonio, Ramis, Damià, Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta, Anglada, Montserrat, Camarós, Edgard, Cueto, Marián, Escanilla, Nicolau, Ferrer, Antoni, Fornés, Joan, Hernández-Gasch, Jordi, Javaloyas, David, León, María José, Munar, Sebastià, Palomar, Beatriz, Oliver, Llorenç, Plantalamor, Lluís, Salas, Magdalena, Salvà, Bartomeu, Sureda, Pau, Teira, Luís and Calvo, Manuel 2025. Bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr variability and Bronze and Iron Ages caprine mobility on the Balearic Islands (Spain). Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 20 (2) , pp. 496-523. 10.1080/15564894.2023.2272128 |
Abstract
This paper presents the most extensive 87Sr/86Sr datasets from Late Prehistory contexts in addition to bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr values for baseline characterization on the Balearic Islands. A total of 149 caprine dental enamel samples from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera islands (Spain), and 35 environmental baseline samples covering the main geologies of these islands are presented here. In addition, a combination of strontium and oxygen sequential analysis was performed on seven individuals from two sites that showed some of the most diverse 87Sr/86Sr values to better understand their mobility patterns. The main goal of this research is to provide more information about isotopic variability of bioavailable strontium on the Balearic Islands and livestock management during the Bronze and Iron Ages, thus allowing us to understand how human communities exploited their landscape and interacted with other populations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
| ISSN: | 1556-4894 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 15 January 2026 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 14 October 2023 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2026 10:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183930 |
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