Best practices for selecting samples, analyzing data, and publishing results in isotope archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14974656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petra Vaiglova (0000-0002-9468-8138), Nicole A Lazar (0000-0003-2695-370X), Elizabeth Stroud (0000-0003-4299-6638), Emma Loftus (0000-0003-4442-8511), C A Makarewicz (0000-0002-1649-336X) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 650 |
| Pages | 86-100 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.027 |
| OpenAlex | W4220713422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 137 |
Archaeology · Art · Isotope · Literature · Physics · Publishing · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
Modelling Local Strontium Isotope Baselines from Human Isotopic Data Using Machine Learning
New insights into the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age
An open letter to evolutionary and human sciences; Statistics has moved on and so should we. A proposal for more transparent research, and some notes on p < 0.003
Differences in the isotopic composition of individual grains and aggregated seed samples affect interpretation of ancient plant cultivation practices
The effects of charring on morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of common and foxtail millet grains
Into thin air
Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains
Isotope analysis in archaeology grand challenge
Exploring the use of Wild Cereals at Takarkori (Central Sahara, Southwestern Libya) Through Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Prehistoric Desiccated Seeds
Exploring Dietary Differentiation in the Roman Province of Macedonia
Exploring the acid-insoluble shell organic matrix of freshwater mussels (Unionoida) as a proxy for palaeodietary and paleoenvironmental studies
To pretreat, or not to pretreat, that is the question. The value of pretreatment protocols in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of archaeobotanical cereal grains from Croatia and Serbia
Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the nature of cereal agriculture at 8th- and 9th-century ad Sedgeford, East Anglia, UK
Tracing oil spill contamination in coastal and estuarine ecosystems using δ 13 C and Δ 14 C isotopes
Managing crops under hydroclimatic instability before the 5.9 ka event
The Introduction of Chickens Into Norway and Their Early Use
Obituario
The bottom line
Changing subsistence practices in pre-European populations of South Vanuatu
Isotopic evidence for animal management strategies at Archaic and Classical period Argilos, Greece
Horse management in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Manured or not manured? New baselines for re-interpreting cereal C and N stable isotope data from Neolithic sites in the NW Mediterranean
Diet in high mediaeval Florence through stable isotope analysis of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur
Diet and mobility in Late Antique Sicily
When luxury comes to an end
Fishing or farming? Isotopic evidence of human subsistence strategies at the Dashuitian site during the middle Neolithic in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, China
Diet, sex and social status during the late Shang period (1250–1046 BCE) in eastern China
The Burmese hare as a palaeoecological indicator
Diet and Mobility in Byzantine Western Anatolia
Deer, drought, and warfare
How can we improve statistical training in archaeological science
Examining surface water δ18O and δ2H values in the western Central Andes
Past rainfall patterns in Southeast Asia revealed by microanalysis of δ18O values in human teeth
Proxy Evidence
The Low Countries’ Fish Event Horizon
Diversity of Late Yangshao Agricultural Practices at Xishanping, NW China
Multiple scales of stable isotope palaeoecology (Papers in honour of Prof. Julia Lee-Thorp)
Sustained Bronze Age Agricultural Practice at the North Sea Coast
Multi-isotopic evidence reveals the emergence of a cosmopolitan community at the Luistari cemetery in Eura, Finland, during the early Medieval period (600–1130 CE)
Reconstructing dietary practices at Tell Kamid el-Loz (Lebanon) during the Bronze and Iron Age III / Persian to Hellenistic periods using plant micro-remains from dental calculus and stable isotope analysis of bone collagen
Residential history of the Neolithic individual from Tomb A at Fontaine-le-Puits (Savoie, France)
Canids–humans relationships at El Olivar
The signal and the noise
Ethics and applications of isotope analysis in archaeology
Pleistocene–Holocene environmental change in the Canary Archipelago as inferred from the stable isotope composition of land snail shells
Moving to a World Beyond “ p < 0.05”
Shell midden sclerochronology
Tooth enamel biomineralization in extant horses
The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
Detection of bone preservation in archaeological and fossil samples
Impact of contamination and pre‐treatment on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of charred plant remains
Towards a biologically available strontium isotope baseline for Ireland
Predicting diet, trophic level and palaeoecology from bone stable isotope analysis
The ASA Statement on p -Values
Guidelines and recommended terms for expression of stable‐isotope‐ratio and gas‐ratio measurement results
Isotopic Evidence for Dietary Variability in the Early Hominin Paranthropus robustus
Spatial variations in biosphere 87 Sr/ 86 Sr in Britain
Crystallinity and diagenesis of sedimentary apatites
High-resolution δ13C intratooth profiles in bovine enamel
Chemical, enzymatic and spectroscopic characterization of “collagen” and other organic fractions from prehistoric bones
Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology
Carbon isotope analysis of separate chemical phases in modern and fossil bone
Ggplot2
Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power
Calcined bone provides a reliable substrate for strontium isotope ratios as shown by an enrichment experiment
Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) mapping
Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction
False-Positive Psychology
Stable isotopic insights into crop cultivation, animal husbandry, and land use at the Linearbandkeramik site of Vráble-Veľké Lehemby (Slovakia)
On Isotopes and Old Bones
Holocene (~4.5–1.7 cal. kyr BP) paleoenvironmental conditions in central Argentina inferred from entire-shell and intra-shell stable isotope composition of terrestrial gastropods
Historical Tropical Forest Reliance amongst the Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) of Sri Lanka
Three case studies used to reassess the reliability of fossil bone and enamel isotope signals for paleodietary studies
Best practices for calibrating and reporting stable isotope measurements in archaeology
Intra-individual variability and strontium isotope measurements
Effects of cooking on mollusk shell structure and chemistry
Using bone bioapatite yield for quality control in stable isotope analysis applications
Establishing a preservation index for bone, dentin, and enamel bioapatite mineral using ATR-FTIR
Oxygen isotopes in Molluscan shell
Stable isotope insights ( δ 18 O, δ 13 C) into cattle and sheep husbandry at Bercy (Paris, France, 4th millennium BC)
Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Variability of Bone Collagen to Determine the Number of Isotopically Distinct Specimens
Interpreting Past Human Diets Using Stable Isotope Mixing Models—Best Practices for Data Acquisition
Archaeological Approaches to Agricultural Economies
Crop water status from plant stable carbon isotope values
What can crop stable isotopes ever do for us? An experimental perspective on using cereal carbon stable isotope values for reconstructing water availability in semi-arid and arid environments
A comparison of nitrogen isotope compositions of charred and desiccated botanical remains from northern Peru
The impact of manuring on nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals
States of preservation of bones from prehistoric sites in the Near East
Natural variations in the carbon isotope values of plants
Seasonality of birth and diet of pigs from stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel (δ18O, δ13C)
Investigation of the ‘canopy effect’ in the isotope ecology of temperate woodlands
Improved quality control criteria for stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements of ancient bone collagen
Manuring and stable nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals and pulses
Investigating inherent differences in isotopic composition between human bone and enamel bioapatite
Comparison of transmission FTIR, ATR, and DRIFT spectra
Detection of Dietary Changes by Intra-tooth Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis
In situ oxygen isotope micro-analysis of faunal material and human teeth using a SHRIMP II
Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis
Infrared and Isotopic Evidence for Diagenesis of Bone Apatite at Dos Pilas, Guatemala
Bone Collagen Quality Indicators for Palaeodietary and Radiocarbon Measurements
Reconstructing northern Chinese Neolithic subsistence practices by isotopic analysis
Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene I
Impact of heating conditions on the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of calcined bone
The Effects of Sample Treatment and Diagenesis on the Isotopic Integrity of Carbonate in Biogenic Hydroxylapatite
Preparation and characterization of bone and tooth collagen for isotopic analysis
Do Weak or Strong Acids Remove Carbonate Contamination From Ancient Tooth Enamel More Effectively? The Effect of Acid Pretreatment on Radiocarbon and Δ 13 C Analyses
Discussion Reporting of 14 C Data
A Simple(R) Model to Predict the Source of Dietary Carbon in Individual Consumers
Revisiting the potential of carbonized grain to preserve biogenic 87 Sr/ 86 Sr signatures within the burial environment
Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during food cooking
Technical note
Stable isotope evidence for 1500 years of human diet at the city of York, UK
Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania)
Strontium isotope characterization in the study of prehistoric human ecology
Fruits of the forest
Fodder, pasture, and the development of complex society in the Chalcolithic
Shell we cook it? An experimental approach to the microarchaeological record of shellfish roasting
Archaeological collagen
What is on the menu in a Celtic town? Iron Age diet reconstructed at Basel-Gasfabrik, Switzerland
Further insight into Neolithic agricultural management at Kouphovouno, southern Greece
Stable carbon isotope analysis as a direct means of inferring crop water status and water management practices
A bottom-up view of food surplus
We don't talk about Çatalhöyük, we live it
Potential biases in sampling design and interpretation of intra-tooth isotope analysis
Giving it a burl
Counting sheep
Cultivation of choice
Isotopic Evidence for Early Maize Cultivation in New York State
| Unique citing works | 44 |
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| Citations per year | 11 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2027 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |