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ArticlePloS one2024

Introducing Isotòpia: A stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity.

Giulia Formichella, Silvia Soncin, Carmine Lubritto, Mary Anne Tafuri, Ricardo Fernandes, Carlo Cocozza

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Giulia FormichellaDipartimento di Biologia Ambientale and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8950-1300
Silvia SoncinDipartimento di Biologia Ambientale and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.
Carmine LubrittoDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche (DiSTABiF) and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Mary Anne TafuriDipartimento di Biologia Ambientale and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.
Ricardo FernandesDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany.
Carlo CocozzaDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche (DiSTABiF) and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8614-5459

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present Isotòpia, an open-access database compiling over 36,000 stable isotope measurements (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, δ34S, 87Sr/86Sr, 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/206Pb, and 208Pb/206Pb) on human, animal, and plant bioarchaeological remains dating to Classical Antiquity (approximately 800 BCE - 500 CE). These were recovered from different European regions, particularly from the Mediterranean. Isotòpia provides a comprehensive characterisation of the isotopic data, encompassing various historical, archaeological, biological, and environmental variables. Isotòpia is a resource for meta-analytical research of past human activities and paleoenvironments. The database highlights data gaps in isotopic classical archaeology, such as the limited number of isotopic measurements available for plants and animals, limited number of studies on spatial mobility, and spatial heterogeneity of isotopic research. As such, we emphasise the necessity to address and fill these gaps in order to unlock the reuse potential of this database.

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ArchaeologyDatabases, FactualIsotopesPlantsAnimalsHistory, AncientHumansIsotopes

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PMID38829878
PMCPMC11146721

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