It is a laboratory for extracting collagen from human and animal bone. By analyzing the stable isotope ratios of elements such as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur, which are found in the structure of bone collagen and differ according to the nutritional model, information on the nutritional patterns of ancient human societies, past human and animal mobility and animal management practices are obtained. Thus, direct data are provided for testing hypotheses developed by researchers about how human past diet and mobility have changed over time and regionally.
• Assoc. Dr. Kameray Özdemir
• Prof. Dr Yılmaz Selim Erdal
• Bayarı, S. H., Özdemir, K., Sen, E. H., Araujo-Andrade, C., & Erdal, Y. S. (2020). Application of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics for the discrimination of human bone remains from different archaeological sites in Turkey. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 118311.
• Irvine, B., & Özdemir, K. (2020). Biogeochemical Approaches to Bioarchaeological Research in Turkey: A Review. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies, 8(2), 174-199.
• Irvine, B. Erdal YS. 2020. Analysis of dietary habits in a prehistoric coastal population from İkiztepe, North Turkey, using stable isotopes of Carbon, Nitrogen, and sulphur. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 29 (2020) 102067. www.elsevier.com/locate/jasrep
• Irvine, B. Erdal YS. Richards M.P. 2019. Dietary habits in the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) of Anatolia: A multi-isotopic approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• Ithahasi Y. Erdal YS., Tekin H., Omar L. Miyake Y., Chikaraishi Y., Ohkouchi N., Yoneda M. 2019. Dietary habits in the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) of Anatolia: A multi-isotopic approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,168:676–686.
• Özdemir, K., Erdal, Y. S., Itahashi, Y., & Irvine, B. (2019). A multi-faceted approach to weaning practices in a prehistoric population from İkiztepe, Samsun, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 27, 101982.
• Özdemir, K. Akyol, A.A. İren, K., Erdal YS. 2018. Elemental Analysis of Osteobiographies of Koru Tumulus Skeletons. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences. Dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/504146
• Özdemir, K. (2018). Reconstruction of Nutritional Habits of the Byzantine Kovuklukaya Community (Boyabat, Sinop): Preliminary Results of Constant Isotope Ratio Analysis. Hitit University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 11(2), 1155-1175.
• Özdemir, K. (2018). Investigation of Weaning Process in Archaeological Societies with Fixed Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes Obtained from Bone Collagen. Hitit University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 11(2), 1137-1154.
• Sevdin, E. E., Akyol, A. A., Büyükkarakaya, A. M., & Özdemir, K. (2018). Different Bones and Different Elemental Accumulations: Post-Burial Elemental Accumulations in Neolithic Period Tepecik-Çiftlik Human Bones. Hitit University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 11(2), 1553-1582.
• Özdemir, K., Akyol, A. A., İren, K., & Erdal, Y. S. (2018). Investigation of Osteobiographies of Koru Tumulus Skeletons by Elemental Analysis. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 17(3).
• Özdemir, K., Akyol, A. A., & Büyükkarakaya, A. M. (2017). Dietary Changes across the Neolithic Levels of the Tepecik-Çiftlik Population. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 16(3).
• Özdemir, K., Akyol, A. A., & Erdal, Y. S. (2015). A case of ancient bladder stones from Oluz Höyük, Amasya, Turkey. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 25(6), 827-837.