Biogeologie

Methodological approaches

Field work

Palaeobotanic sample preparation

Tooth enamel preparation and analysis of stable carbon (C)/ oxygen (O) isotopes

Documentation
Serial sampling
Carbonate pretreatment
Stable isotope analysis

Bone collagen preparation and analysis of stable carbon (C)/ nitrogen (N)/ sulfur (S) isotopes

Documentation
Sampling
Collagen extraction
Stable isotope analysis

Derivatization and compound-specific analysis of stable carbon (C)/nitrogen (N) isotopes

Derivatization
Stable isotope analysis

Data processing

Statistical methods

Sample and data curation

Paleobotanic samples
Collagen collection
Carbonate collection
Open access repositories 

Recent publications

  • Baumann, C., Larbey, C., Ebner, M., Bocherens, H., Hardy, K., 2025. The effect of plant food treatment on stable isotopes and their relevance for archaeological studies: A methodological pilot study. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 32: 14.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-024-09690-5
  • Krajcarz, M., Baumann, C., Bocherens, H., Presslee, S., Krajcarz, M.T., 2025. Dietary preferences and collagen to collagen prey-predator trophic discrimination factors (Δ13C, Δ15N) in Late Pleistocene cave hyena. Quaternary Research 123: 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.43   
  • Krajcarz, M.T., Krajcarz, M., Kowalczyk, R., Tung, P., Bocherens, H., 2025. New model for estimating trophic position in mammalian carnivores based on bone collagen individual amino acids nitrogen stable isotopes. Palaeogeography-Palaeoclimatology-Palaeoecology 674: 113040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113040