Table 1. Isotopic, elemental analyses and radiocarbon dates.
| MPI-laboratory number | species | element | δ13C (‰) |
δ15N (‰) |
%C | %N | C:N | % collagen yield |
AMS radiocarbon laboratory code |
14C date (BP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R-EVA-1862 | Cervus elaphus | humerus | -16.1 | 6.0 | 40.7 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | MAMS-30404 | 8285 ± 20 |
| R-EVA 1865 | Cervus elaphus | scafocuboid | -19.8 | 5.5 | 35.6 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | MAMS-30405 | 8699 ± 22 |
| R-EVA-1866 | Cervus elaphus | radius | -21.0 | 5.4 | 34.8 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 2.1 | MAMS-30406 | 8701 ± 22 |
| R-EVA-1871 | Sus scrofa | metacarpal III | -20.6 | 4.9 | 36.5 | 13.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | MAMS-30407 | 7775 ± 20 |
| R-EVA-1877 | Cervus elaphus | tibia | -15.9 | 6.2 | 38.8 | 13.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | MAMS-30409 | 8680 ± 21 |
| R-EVA-1878 | Cervus elaphus | tibia | -20.3 | 5.9 | 40.3 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 | MAMS-30410 | 8597 ± 22 |
| R-EVA-1880 | Cervus elaphus | tibia | -16.8 | 6.1 | 39.4 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | MAMS-30411 | 8793 ± 22 |
| R-EVA-1881 | Cervus elaphus | phalanx I | -19.5 | 6.2 | 37.6 | 13.6 | 3.2 | 5.4 | MAMS-30412 | 8720 ± 22 |
| R-EVA-1895 | Homo sapiens | molar | -19.3 | 11.9 | 42.2 | 15.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | MAMS-30660 | 8675 ± 25 |
| R-EVA-1896 | Homo sapiens | premolar | -19.4 | 12.0 | 40.2 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | MAMS-30663 | 8658 ± 25 |
Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values, elemental compositions, carbon-to-nitrogen ratios and AMS radiocarbon dates of the collagen from well-preserved skeletal remains recovered at Riparo di Fontana Nuova. The C. elaphus tibia belong to three clearly different individuals, given that they are all right side specimens. The state of preservation and size of the C. elaphus humerus suggest tentatively that a fourth individual may be represented in our isotopic dataset. The samples were pretreated at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) and dated at the Klaus Tschira Laboratory of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archaeometrie in Mannheim (MAMS).