Strontium Isotope Data for Roman and Pre-Roman Nijmegen Dietary Analysis

20.4 KB of strontium isotope ratio and concentration measurements on cremated human remains from Roman and pre-Roman Nijmegen, Netherlands. The dataset, authored by Maura De Coster and last updated in May 2026, compares samples from rural, urban, and military contexts to investigate dietary practices and local interaction.

Use Cases

• Analyzing dietary provenance based on strontium isotope ratios (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)
• Comparing strontium concentrations between urban, military, and rural contexts
• Investigating engagement with salt-preserved foods in Roman borderlands
• Modeling the interaction between imperial foodways and local dietary traditions

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
• Focuses on a specific, historically significant location (Nijmegen, Lower Rhine borderlands)
• Compares three distinct site types (rural, urban, military)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Strontium isotope ratio and concentration measurements on cremated human remains.

Time Range

Roman and pre-Roman periods.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 17:25:22; freshness should be verified

Geography

Nijmegen, Netherlands (Lower Rhine borderlands, Batavian region).