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Introduction

Welcome to the companion website of Human Identities in the Archaeological Record, edited by Annamaria Diana, Daniela Marcu-Istrate and Alice Toso.

Retracing the origin, development and survival of individual and collective identities in past human societies, this volume features a global and interdisciplinary range of case studies from Late Antiquity to the modern period covering a diversity of geographical and historical regions. On this website you can find materials which accompany the book.


About the Volume Editors

Annamaria Diana is a bioarchaeologist and independent researcher based in Ireland. Her work explores integrative approaches to the analysis of human skeletal remains, with a particular interest in bioarchaeological perspectives on past environmental and biocultural shifts and funerary taphonomy.

Daniela Marcu-Istrate is Senior Researcher at the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Romania. Her work, including extensive archaeological excavations and numerous publications, has contributed vastly to the knowledge of medieval Central and Eastern Europe.

Alice Toso is Assistant Professor in Bioarchaeology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Her research focuses on using anthropological and biomolecular methods to assess social inequality, health, nutrition and mobility patterns.


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Chapter 9 

Figure S1. Scatterplot of δ13C and δ15N values for all human and animal individuals divided per site and species.



Human Identities in the Archaeological Record © Annamaria Diana, Daniela Marcu-Istrate, Alice Toso & Contributors, 2026


A downloadable version of the Figure S1 Scatterplot can be found here 



Figure S2. Scatter plot of δ13C and δ15N values for all analysed individuals divided by species to allow inter-site comparison of faunal remains. 

Human Identities in the Archaeological Record © Annamaria Diana, Daniela Marcu-Istrate, Alice Toso & Contributors, 2026                                                                                                                     

A downloadable version of the Figure S2 Scatterplot can be found here                         




Chapter 10 

Chapter 11