Isotopes and impact
A Cautionary Tale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3464624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A M Pollard (0000-0003-3757-4668, Oxford Archaeology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 328 |
| Pages | 631-638 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00068034 |
| OpenAlex | W309095101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 10 |
There can be no doubt that isotopic studies have made a huge contribution to archaeology in recent years, so much so thatisotope archaeologyis now seen as an essential subdiscipline of archaeology in much the same way as isotope geochemistry is a key subdiscipline of geochemistry. Ignoring for current purposes the contribution made by the measurement of a particular radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) since 1950, we can date the beginnings of isotope archaeology to the mid 1960s with the first measurements of lead isotopes in archaeological metals and slags by Brill and Wampler (1965, 1967). This was followed by carbon stable isotopes in human bone collagen in the late 1970s, building on previous work measuring σ13C in archaeological bone for radiocarbon determinations (Vogel & Van der Merwe 1977; Van der Merwe & Vogel 1978). Other isotopes followed rapidly, such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and hydrogen for archaeological, palaeoecological or palaeoclimatological purposes and, more recently, the heavier radiogenic isotopes of strontium and neodymium for determining the provenance of organic and inorganic materials (Pollard & Heron 2008
Archaeology · Geochemistry · Isotope · Isotope geochemistry · Isotopes of carbon · Isotopes of strontium · Physics · Provenance · Radiogenic nuclide · Stable isotope ratio · Strontium · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Geology · History · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
An Introduction to the Isotopic Studies of Ancient Human Remains
Entangled in Orientalism
Brewing and stewing
Community differentiation and kinship among Europe’s first farmers
Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology
A massacred village community? Agent-based modelling sheds new light on the demography of the Neolithic mass grave of Talheim
A Late Roman Military Burial from the Dyke Hills, Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire
Sr/86Sr Isotope Ratio as a Tool in Archaeological Investigation
Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand
Social differences in Neolithic/Bronze Age Myanmar
To put a cedar ship in a bottle
Instrumental investigation of oxygen isotopes in human dental enamel from the Bronze Age battlefield site at Tollense, Germany
Geographic insularity and intra-lifetime mobility in Late Intermediate Period (ca. 1000 – 1450 CE) Arequipa, Peru determined from 87Sr/86Sr isobiographies
First Strontium Isotope Evidence of Mobility in the Neolithic of Southern France
Ecological Approaches in Medieval Rural Archaeology
Scientific advances in geoarchaeology during the last twenty years
Proxy Evidence
LIA of Prehistoric Metals in the Central Mediterranean Area
Mobility and the diversity of Early Neolithic lives
Population history in third-millennium-BC Europe
Cybele, Atargatis, or Allāt? A Surprising Tomb Artifact from Petra’s North Ridge
Geological constraints on the use of lead isotopes for provenance in archaeometallurgy
Isotopic tracing of the impact of mobility on infectious disease
Ancestry, health, and lived experiences of enslaved Africans in 18th century Charleston
Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages
Roman isotopes and economic meaning
Provenancing East Mediterranean cedar wood with the 87Sr/86Sr strontium isotope ratio
Strontium isotopes and human mobility in prehistoric Denmark
People on the move in Roman Britain
Ethics and applications of isotope analysis in archaeology
Life and Death in Neolithic Southeastern Italy
A stable relationship
Post-marital residence patterns in LBK
Archaeological Chemistry
C Content of human collagen as a measure of prehistoric diet in woodland North America
Strontium Isotopes from the Earth to the Archaeological Skeleton
Strontium and paleodietary research
Passports from the past
From Mine to Microscope. Advances in the Study of Ancient Technology
Strontium isotope characterization in the study of prehistoric human ecology
Isotope Studies of Ancient Lead
Isotopic Evidence for Early Maize Cultivation in New York State
| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |