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Iso-Wetlands

Unlocking wetland ecologies and agriculture in prehistory through sulfur isotopes

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ID19476751
AuthorsR E Stevens (0000-0002-6140-4549, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK), Hazel Reade (0000-0002-1152-8033, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK), Daniel S Read (0000-0001-8546-5154, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK), Simon H Bottrell (University of Leeds), D Frémondeau (0000-0001-9690-1492, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK), Sarah Wexler (0000-0003-0370-7485, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK)
Year2022
Volume25
Issue1
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-1725 • E-ISSN: 2048-4194
PublisherUCL Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.14324/111.444.ai.2022.11
OpenAlexW4317613519
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited30

Iso-Wetlands is a new, NERC-funded collaborative research project involving researchers at UCL Institute of Archaeology, the University of Leeds and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. The project is developing sulfur isotope analysis of archaeological plants and animals as a new tool for exploring hydrological conditions under which agricultural production was taking place. This development has the potential to improve understanding of water management strategies in the past, particularly in relation to seasonal floodwater agriculture and wetland agriculture (for example, rice paddy systems). The project will open wider possibilities for the use of sulfur isotopes in archaeology and ecology to examine wetland habitat use by both people and animals

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Environmental resource management · Geography · Habitat · Prehistory · Wetland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Environmental Science · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology

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Citations per year1,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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