The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

Esther Plomp¹, Chris Stantis², Hannah F James³, Christina Cheung³, Christophe Snoeck^{3

4}, Lisette Kootker^{5

6}, Arwa Kharobi^{7

8}, Caroline Borges⁹, Diana K Moreiras Reynaga^{10

11}, Łukasz Pospieszny^{12

13}, Francesca Fulminante^{13

14

15}, Rhiannon Stevens¹⁶, Aleksa K Alaica¹¹, Adrien Becker¹⁷, Xavier de Rochefort¹⁸, Kevin Salesse⁸

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, the Netherlands.
² Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, United States of America.
³ Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Maritime Culture Research Institute, Dept. of Art Sciences & Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Geochemistry & Geology, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ CLUE+ Research Institute for Culture, History and Heritage, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁹ Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife, Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife - PE, 52171-900, Brazil.
¹⁰ Department of Philosophy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
¹² Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań, Poland.
¹³ Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ Division of Humanities, University Roma Tre, Piazza della Repubblica, 10, 00185, Roma, Italy.
¹⁶ UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ 3 Rue Bertrand de Montferrand, 33550 Langoiran, France.
¹⁸ xador.fr, Graulissac, 24130 Lunas, France.

PMID: 36188136
PMCID: PMC9516382
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108595

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The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

Esther Plomp et al. Data Brief. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 14:45:108595.

doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108595. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, the Netherlands.
² Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, United States of America.
³ Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Maritime Culture Research Institute, Dept. of Art Sciences & Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Geochemistry & Geology, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ CLUE+ Research Institute for Culture, History and Heritage, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁹ Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife, Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife - PE, 52171-900, Brazil.
¹⁰ Department of Philosophy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
¹² Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań, Poland.
¹³ Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ Division of Humanities, University Roma Tre, Piazza della Repubblica, 10, 00185, Roma, Italy.
¹⁶ UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ 3 Rue Bertrand de Montferrand, 33550 Langoiran, France.
¹⁸ xador.fr, Graulissac, 24130 Lunas, France.

PMID: 36188136
PMCID: PMC9516382
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108595

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1: — **Fig. 1**
The five types of IsoArcH members with their estimated numbers indicated. In 2022, the community consists of over 3000 followers, more than 700 users, over 100 adherents, at least 65 contributors and more than 10 sponsors.

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The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

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The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

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