Presenting the AfriArch Isotopic Database

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Authors	NEVES FERNANDES Luis Ricardo GOLDSTEIN Steven HIXON Sean SCOTT Erin WOLFHAGGEN Jesse IMINJILI Victor JANZEN Anneke CHRITZ Kendra SAWCHUK Elizabeth NDIEMA Emmanuel SEALY Judith C. STONE Abigail ZOELLER Gretchen PHELPS Leanne N.
Year of publication	2022
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of open archaeology data
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation
Web	Časopis
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/joad.94
Keywords	Africa; Open science; Isotopes; Ancient diet
Description	AfriArch is an archaeological and paleoenvironmental data community designed to integrate datasets related to human-environmental interactions in Holocene Africa. Here we present a dataset of bioarchaeological stable isotope (C/N/O) and radiocarbon measurements from African archaeological sites spanning the Holocene. Modern measurements, when reported together with archaeological data in original publications, are also included. The dataset consists of 5568 entries and covers the entirety of Africa, though most isotopic research has been concentrated in southern Africa. The AfriArch isotopic dataset can be used in paleodietary, paleodemography, paleoclimatic, and paleoenvironmental studies. It can also be employed to highlight data gaps across space and time and set future research agendas.
Related projects:	Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace II