Bioarchaeology of Hesperia people: an anthropological and isotopic study of biocultural identities and human mobility at Pithekoussai’s necropolis (Ischia island, eighth century BCE-Roman period)

The historical and archaeological record identifies Pithekoussai (island of Ischia, Italy, VIII cent. BCE - III cent. CE) as the first Greek settlement in Italy (Strabo Geographia V-4-9), afterwards followed by more extensive Greek migrations characterizing the rise of Magna Grecia. The aim of this study is to test the multi-ethnicity of Pithekoussai's community through the anthropological and isotopic analysis, mainly by the 87Sr/86Sr ratio analysis performed on dental enamel (inhumed individuals) and the pars petrosa of the temporal bone (cremated and inhumed individuals).