Zhang, Qian http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3866-2007
Liu, Yanchang
Xiao, Yuni
Hao, Daohua
Wang, Long
Halcrow, Siân E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6038-7997
Zhao, Yongsheng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-642X
Dong, Yu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0901-3177
Funding for this research was provided by:
Marsden Fund (18-UOO-123, 18-UOO-123)
National Social Science Fund of China (20BKG037)
Shandong University (2020QNQT018)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2023
Accepted: 11 March 2024
First Online: 18 April 2024
Declarations
:
: No direct descendants of the cemetery can be identified due to the site’s antiquity. The human skeletons are housed at the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (SPICRA), and the current research is approved by SPICRA. All appropriate permissions were received from SPICRA to do the isotope analysis for this research. No other ethical approval is required by law.
: The authors declare no competing interests.