Replication Data for "Multiproxy stable isotope analysis provides insights into diet, animal management, and residential mobility in Old Bara, a metropolitan suburb of the Oyo Empire, West Africa"

Much of what is known about this town is limited to a few written and oral accounts about its functions as a royal cemetery where the priests and priestesses of the deified kings and other dependents also resided. These limited sources suggest that as a secluded site, Old Bara depended on the palace for its provisions.

Archaeological, zooarchaeological, and bioarchaeological research at Old Bara has opened the opportunity to answer new questions about Old Bara’s past and to evaluate its identity as a royal site. Here, we use carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), sulfur (δ34S), and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis coupled with zooarchaeology and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) to investigate animal provisioning, diet, and residential mobility in Old Bara.