Bioarchaeology of Late Iron Age individuals and labourers from the mineral revolution

The project I propose concentrates on if and to what extent diet and migration affected complex societies when contact was made with colonists. These questions will be addressed by employing strontium, carbon, and nitrogen isotopic analyses that can determine the migration aspects of an individuals early life till the age 16 and determine aspects of diet in early and late life. I plan to compare these values within and between populations in the Late Iron Age, during colonial contact, and during the migrant system to enable us to understand changes over time.
Gauteng
This application is being made in Pretoria, Gauteng Province.