The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data

Depaermentier, Margaux L. C. orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-1801-3358, Kempf, Michael orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9474-4670, Vander Linden, Marc orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-0120-7754, Britton, Kate orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9478-5966, Madgwick, Richard orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-4396-3566, Büntgen, Ulf orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-3821-0818, Drucker, Dorothée G. orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-0854-4371, Jones, Jennifer orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9247-7994, Snoeck, Christophe orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-3770-4055 et al (2025) The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data. Communications Earth & Environment, 6 (1).

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02507-7

Abstract

Bioarchaeology not only provides insights into human, animal, and environmental ecology, but also generates huge amounts of stable and radiogenic isotope data that are not well recognised by other disciplines. Here, we present potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies. We emphasise the large spatio-temporal scales on which isotope patterns can be observed, for example using isoscapes, the limitations and potential pitfalls that come with isotope data from archaeological research, and future cross-disciplinary collaborations between bioarchaeology and other palaeo-disciplines.


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