Table 1 Bone and tooth samples analyzed in this study with relevant details.

From: Combining elemental and immunochemical analyses to characterize diagenetic alteration patterns in ancient skeletal remains

Sample

Skeletal tissue

Provenance

Burial setting

Age

Taxonomy

FK BI RS 1

Bone

Rhine gravels (Upper Rhine Valley, Germany)

Fluvial sediment

Late Pleistocene

Mammal (Bison sp.)

S2

Bone

Grotta della Cala (Salerno, Campania, Italy)

Cave

Middle-Upper Paleolithic

Mammal

S37

Bone

Castello della Motta of Savorgnano (Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)

Open-air site

Early Middle Ages

Aves

S40

Bone

Castello della Motta of Savorgnano (Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)

Open-air site

Early Middle Ages

Aves

RB38

Bone

Riparo del Broion (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)

Cave

Middle Paleolithic

Mammal

RSS1

Bone

Roccia San Sebastiano cave, Mondragone (Caserta, Campania, Italy)

Cave

Middle Paleolithic

Mammal

RSS2

Bone

Roccia San Sebastiano cave, Mondragone (Caserta, Campania, Italy)

Cave

Middle Paleolithic

Mammal

Velia_T440

Tooth

Velia (Salerno, Campania, Italy)

Open-air coastal site

Roman Ages

Mammal (Homo sapiens)