List of Figures and Tables Contributors Abstract French Language Abstract German Language Abstract Acknowledgements Notes about radiocarbon dates and the use of the term ‘east Yorkshire’ 1. Introduction By Mike Parker Pearson, Mandy Jay and Alison Sheridan 2. Radiocarbon dates and their Bayesian modelling By Mandy Jay, Michael P. Richards and Peter Marshall 3. Economy and society in Beaker-period Britain By Mike Parker Pearson 4. The Beaker People Project individuals, their funerary practices and their grave goods By Mike Parker Pearson, Stuart Needham and Alison Sheridan with Alex Gibson 5. Beakers and bodies in north-east Scotland: a regional and contextual study By Neil Curtis and Neil Wilkin, with Margaret Hutchison 6. Aspects of human osteology and skeletal biology By Chris A. Deter, Patrick Mahoney, Sarah E. Johns and Sandra Thomas 7. Dental microwear: 2D and 3D approaches By Patrick Mahoney, Laura Chiu, Pia Nystrom, Chris A. Deter and Christopher W. Schmidt 8. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis By Mandy Jay and Michael P. Richards 9. Sulphur isotopic analysis By Mandy Jay, Olaf Nehlich and Michael P. Richards 10. Strontium isotopic analysis By Janet Montgomery, Jane Evans and Jacqueline Towers 11. Oxygen isotopic analysis By Maura Pellegrini, Mandy Jay and Michael P. Richards 12. Synthesis, discussion and conclusions By Mike Parker Pearson, Mandy Jay, Janet Montgomery, Alison Sheridan and Stuart Needham Bibliography Appendices Appendix 1. The pre-2500 BC individuals By Mandy Jay, Janet Montg omery, Mike Parker Pearson and Alison Sheridan Appendix 2. The post-1500 BC individuals By Mandy Jay, Janet Montg omery, Mike Parker Pearson and Alison Sheridan Appendix 3. Details of findspot location, current location of the human remains and bibliographic references for the skeletal material studied by the Beaker People Project By Mandy Jay and Alison Sheridan Appendix 4. Location group, period, incidence of association with Beaker or Food Vessel and sex and age identifications By Mandy Jay and Alison Sheridan Appendix 5. Analytical and dating work undertaken for the Beaker People Project and the Beakers and Bodies Project (plus other data used by these projects) By Mandy Jay and Alison Sheridan Appendix 6. Part 1. Details of the individuals studied in the Beakers and Bodies Project: findspot, identifier, NGR, find date, associations and radiocarbon dates Part 2. Osteological information and data on orientation and disposition in the grave of individuals studied in the Beakers and Bodies Project Both By Margaret Hutchison Index