In this study a methodology for identifying the geographic origin of unidentified persons, their residence and moving patterns while providing information on lifestyle, diet and socio-economic status by combining stable isotopic data, with the biological information (isotopic composition of the skeleton), is presented. This is accomplished by comparing the oxygen isotopic composition of the spring water that individuals were drinking, during their living period, with the oxygen isotopic composition of their tooth enamel bioapatite. Spring water and teeth samples were collected from individuals from three different areas of Greece: North Greece, Central Greece and South Greece and isotopic analysis of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of tooth enamel bioapatite and δ¹⁸O of spring water were conducted. For these three areas the isotopic methodology is a promising tool for discriminating the provenance. Furthermore, as a case study, this methodology is applied to two archeological sites of Greece (Medieval-Thebes and Roman-Edessa) in order to determine paleomobility patterns.

在这项研究中，通过结合稳定的同位素数据和生物学信息（骨骼的同位素组成）来确定身份不明人士的地理起源，其居住和移动方式，同时提供有关生活方式，饮食和社会经济状况的信息的方法是呈现。这是通过比较个人在生活期间饮用的泉水的氧同位素组成与他们的牙釉质生物磷灰石的氧同位素组成来实现的。泉水和牙齿样本来自个人收集了来自希腊的三个不同的方面：希腊北部，中部希腊和希腊南部和δ同位素分析¹³ C和δ ¹⁸牙釉质bioapatite和δØ ¹⁸进行泉水的处理。对于这三个领域，同位素方法学是区分物源的有前途的工具。此外，作为一个案例研究，该方法被应用于希腊的两个考古遗址（中世纪-底比斯和罗马-埃德萨），以确定古生物学模式。