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Data Publication
GlobaLID – Global Lead Isotope Database
Westner, Katrin J. | Rose, Thomas | Klein, Sabine | Hsu, Yiu-Kang
GFZ Data Services
(2021)
This dataset is a continuously growing collection of lead isotope reference data. Lead isotopes are an established method to reconstruct the raw material provenance of archaeological objects. They are typically applied to artefacts made of copper, lead, silver, and their alloys. However, also the raw material provenance of other materials such as glass, pigments and pottery was already reconstructed with lead isotopes. To successfully reconstruct the origin of the raw material, lead isotope signatures from as many as possible suitable raw material occurrences must be known. In the past, large-scaled research projects were carried out to characterise ore deposits especially in the Mediterranean area and Western Europe. However, many of these data are dispersed in the literature and were published in scientific articles or monographies. Consequently, each researcher or at least each research group had to build their own up-to-date data base of reference data from the literature. To overcome these restrictions, to facilitate work with lead isotope reference data and particularly to make the data FAIR, i.e. findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (Wilkinson et al., 2016), these published data are compiled and transferred into a uniform layout. They are further enhanced with additional metadata to facilitate their use in raw material provenance studies. Currently, the database is restricted to ores and minerals as these are the most relevant materials for provenance studies of ancient metals. Future updates will include hitherto uncovered regions but also additional data from countries already present. Slag and other metallurgical (by-) products from ancient sites in close vicinity to ore deposits generally are a genuine representation of the ores utilised in historic times. As such, they are highly relevant for provenance studies and an extension to these materials is therefore planned. GlobaLID is a representation of the collective work of researchers on Pb isotope studies. As such, the database is seen as a community engagement project that invites scientists all over the world to become active contributors of GlobaLID. The initiators of the database dedicate their effort to the continuation and maintenance of the database but only the support of the whole community will allow a rapid and successful growth of GlobaLID.
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Source publisher
GFZ Data Services
DOI
10.5880/fidgeo.2021.031
Authors
Westner, Katrin J.
0000-0001-5529-1165
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France;
Rose, Thomas
0000-0002-8186-3566
Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel; Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Rome, Italy;
Klein, Sabine
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Hsu, Yiu-Kang
0000-0002-2439-4863
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
Contributers
Westner, Katrin J.
DataCollector
0000-0001-5529-1165
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France;
Westner, Katrin J.
DataCurator
0000-0001-5529-1165
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France;
Westner, Katrin J.
DataManager
0000-0001-5529-1165
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France;
Rose, Thomas
DataCollector
0000-0002-8186-3566
Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel; Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Rome, Italy;
Rose, Thomas
DataCurator
0000-0002-8186-3566
Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel; Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Rome, Italy;
Rose, Thomas
DataManager
0000-0002-8186-3566
Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel; Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Rome, Italy;
Klein, Sabine
DataCollector
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Klein, Sabine
DataCurator
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Klein, Sabine
DataManager
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Klein, Sabine
ProjectLeader
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Klein, Sabine
ProjectManager
0000-0002-3939-4428
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany; FIERCE, Frankfurt Isotope &Element Research Center, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
Hsu, Yiu-Kang
DataCollector
0000-0002-2439-4863
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
Hsu, Yiu-Kang
DataCurator
0000-0002-2439-4863
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
Nezafati, Nima
DataCollector
0000-0002-5806-343X
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
GlobaLID Core Team
ContactPerson
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
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Contact
GlobaLID Core Team
Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany;
Citiation
Westner, K. J., Rose, T., Klein, S., & Hsu, Y.-K. (2021). GlobaLID – Global Lead Isotope Database (Version 1.0) [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2021.031