Estimating weaning duration from incremental dentine δ15N and δ13C using a sequence-based LSTM neural network: A deep learning framework for bioarchaeological applications

Elissavet Ganiatsou; Angelos Souleles; Christina Papageorgopoulou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337619

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Estimating weaning duration from incremental dentine δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C using a sequence-based LSTM neural network: A deep learning framework for bioarchaeological applications

Elissavet Ganiatsou ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eganiatsou@he.duth.gr (EG); cpapage@he.duth.gr (CP)

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Department of Humanities, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece, Institute of Applied Bioarchaeological Research, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-9061

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Angelos Souleles,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Department of Humanities, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece, Institute of Applied Bioarchaeological Research, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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Christina Papageorgopoulou

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eganiatsou@he.duth.gr (EG); cpapage@he.duth.gr (CP)

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Department of Humanities, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece, Institute of Applied Bioarchaeological Research, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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Estimating weaning duration from incremental dentine δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C using a sequence-based LSTM neural network: A deep learning framework for bioarchaeological applications

Elissavet Ganiatsou,
Angelos Souleles,
Christina Papageorgopoulou

Published: December 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337619

About the Authors

Elissavet Ganiatsou

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eganiatsou@he.duth.gr (EG); cpapage@he.duth.gr (CP)

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Department of Humanities, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece, Institute of Applied Bioarchaeological Research, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-9061

Angelos Souleles

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Christina Papageorgopoulou

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eganiatsou@he.duth.gr (EG); cpapage@he.duth.gr (CP)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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