Ethics and applications of isotope analysis in archaeology

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ID4695372
AutoresC Stantis (0000-0001-7645-0233, Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA, autor correspondente), Benjamin J Schaefer (0000-0002-7514-7010, Department of Anthropology, Gender and Women's Studies, and Latin American and Latino Studies University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA), Maria Correia (0000-0003-1152-2528, Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) Universidade do Algarve Algarve Portugal), Aleksa K Alaica (0000-0003-1142-9040, Department of Anthropology The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Damien Huffer (0000-0003-4027-1772, Department of History Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada), Esther Plomp (0000-0003-3625-1357, Faculty of Applied Sciences Delft University of Technology Delft The Netherlands), Marina Di Giusto (0000-0002-4595-4487, Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo Sao Paulo Brazil), B Chidimuro (0000-0002-3513-715X, Department of Geography and Environmental Science University of Reading Reading UK), Alice K Rose (0000-0003-1755-7174, Department of Archaeology Durham University Durham UK), Ayushi Nayak (0000-0001-6990-3302, Department of Archaeology Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology Jena Germany), Ellen J Kendall (0000-0002-6110-1281, Department of Archaeology Durham University Durham UK)
Ano2025
Volume186
Fascículo1
Páginase24992-e24992
Data de publicação2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.24992
PMID38949078
OpenAlexW4400206663
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas121

This synthesis explores specific ethical questions that commonly arise in isotopic analysis. For more than four decades, isotope analysis has been employed in archeological studies to explore past human and animal dietary habits, mobility patterns, and the environment in which a human or animal inhabited during life. These analyses require consideration of ethical issues. While theoretical concepts are discussed, we focus on practical aspects: working with descendant communities and other rights holders, choosing methods, creating and sharing data, and working mindfully within academia. These layers of respect and care should surround our science. This paper is relevant for specialists in isotope analysis as well as those incorporating these methods into larger projects. By covering the whole of the research process, from design to output management, we appeal broadly to archaeology and provide actionable solutions that build on the discussions in the general field

Appeal · Archaeology · Biology · Data science · Descendant · Engineering ethics · Field (mathematics · Isotope analysis · Political science · Process (computing · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · History · Law