• Prehistoric and historic exploitation of marine mammals in the Black Sea 

      Aiken, Magie; Gladilina, Elena; Çakırlar, Canan; Telizhenko, Serhii; van den Hurk, Youri; Bejenaru, Luminita; Tange Olsen, Morten; Gol'din, Pavel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The recent exploitation of marine species is relatively well documented and understood in terms of impacts on species abundance, distribution, and resource use. In contrast, ancient exploitation of marine mammals remains ...
    • Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance 

      de Kock, Willemien; van den Hurk, Youri; Dreshaj, Merita; Ramsøe, Max; Dee, Michael; Taurozzi, Alberto J.; Palsbøll, Per J.; Çakırlar, Canan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Sea turtles (Cheloniidae) are extremely rare in the Northern European archaeological record; however, sporadic finds have occurred. Here we used bioarchaeological tools to investigate two archaeological sea turtle specimens ...