South American Archaeological Isotopic Database, a regional-scale multi-isotope data compendium for research
Pezo-Lanfranco, Luis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Mut, Patricia (Universidad de la República (Uruguai). Departamento de Antropología Biológica)
Chávez, Juan (University of California. Department of Anthropology)
Fossile, Thiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Colonese, Andre Carlo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Fernandes, Ricardo (Princeton University)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	The South American Archaeological Isotopic Database (SAAID) is a comprehensive open-access resource that aggregates all available bioarchaeological stable and radiogenic isotope measurements, encompassing data from human individuals, animals, and plants across South America. Resulting from a collaborative effort of scholars who work with stable isotopes in this region, SAAID contains 53,781 isotopic measurements across 24,507 entries from individuals/specimens spanning over 12,000 years. SAAID includes valuable contextual information on archaeological samples and respective sites, such as chronology, geographical region, biome, and spatial coordinates, biological details like estimated sex and age for human individuals, and taxonomic description for fauna and flora. SAAID is hosted at the PACHAMAMA community within the Pandora data platform and the CORA repository to facilitate easy access. Because of its rich data structure, SAAID is particularly well-suited for conducting spatiotemporal meta-analyses. It serves as a valuable tool for addressing a variety of research topics, including the spread, adoption, and consumption intensification of food items, paleo-environmental reconstruction, as well as the exploration of mobility patterns across extensive geographic regions.
Grants:	European Commission 817911 European Commission 101062179 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00527 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Scientific data, Vol. 11 (April 2024) , art. 336, ISSN 2052-4463
Related work:	Pezo-Lanfranco, Luis Nicanor; Colonese, André; Fossile, Thiago; Mut, Patricia; Chávez Quispe, Juan Carlos; Fernandes, Ricardo, 2023, "South American Archaeological Isotopic Database (SAAID)", CORA.Repositori de Dades de Recerca, V2 https://doi.org/10.34810/data602

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03148-9
PMID: 38575659

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