IBERLID: A lead isotope database and tool for metal provenance and ore deposits research

Madinabeitia, Sonia García de; Ibarguchi, José Ignacio Gil; Zalduegui, José Francisco Santos

doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104279

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“…The compiled number of datasets, however, is at first limited for an interactive use, because the structure of Pb isotope data and meta-data in publications is far from being homogeneous. This issue was recently depicted by García de Madinabeitia et al (2021) for their compilation of the IBERLID database. In particular, coordinates of the analysed samples are missing in many publications.…”

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From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

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Lead isotope provenance studies of archaeological artefacts rely crucially on the availability of reference data from raw material sources. The OXALID database, a collection of Excel sheets with Pb isotope data of ores and artefacts, is still the most cited data source in archaeometry. However, OXALID has not been updated for several years and contains almost exclusively data from Europe, particularly from the Mediterranean area. Digitalisation and open science philosophy currently revolutionise the use of machinegenerated data by developing digital data infrastructures. A modernised Pb isotope reference database, which is tailored for, but not limited to archaeometric research, is hence overdue. Here, we introduce GlobaLID, a FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and extendable database and a web application with interactive and statistical tools for user-friendly data handling up to publication quality. GlobaLID aims to be a collection point for worldwide Pb isotope data. It is designed as research infrastructure for Pb isotope studies in (for example) archaeometry, ore deposit and environmental geochemistry. As a community engagement project, GlobaLID invites scientists around the world to become active contributors to enable GlobaLID's rapid growth. We released GlobaLID as a pilot study

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“…It is, however, not yet available for the public. IBERLID, an interactive database of ores from Spain and Portugal (García de Madinabeitia et al, 2021), represents another modern approach and constitutes a large step forward to make Pb isotope data in combination with geological meta-information internationally available.…”

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“…Geological information on the galena samples analyzed here is summarized by Milot et al (2021a), and further details can be found in the IBERLID database (García de Madinabeitia et al, 2021; http://www.ehu.eus/ibercron/ iberlid). Briefly, most deposits of economic importance are located in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula (see the Supplemental Material 1 ).…”

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Silver isotope and volatile trace element systematics in galena samples from the Iberian Peninsula and the quest for silver sources of Roman coinage

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Silver played a key role in the progressive monetization of early Mediterranean civilizations. We combine Pb and Ag isotopes with volatile trace elements (Bi, Sb, and As) to assess whether, during the Roman occupation of Iberia, galena constituted a significant source of silver. We find that the Pb and Ag isotopic compositions of 47 samples of galena from eight different Iberian mining provinces, many of them exploited during Roman times, are uncorrelated. This indicates that their respective isotopic variabilities depend on different petrogenetic processes. Moreover, the range of Ag isotopic abundances is approximately six times wider than that displayed worldwide by silver coins in general and Roman silver coins in particular. Although galena from the Betics provides the best fit for Pb isotopes with Roman coins, their fit with Ag isotopic compositions is at best sporadic. We suggest that, together with Sb, Bi, and As, silver is primarily derived from fluids boiled off from differentiated mantle-derived magmas. These fluids, in turn, reacted with preexisting galena and functioned as a silver trap. Lead sulfides with ε109Ag of ~0 and unusually rich in Ag, Sb, Bi, and As were the most probable sources of ancient silver, whereas samples with ε109Ag departing significantly from ~0 reflect low-temperature isotopic fractionation processes in the upper crust.

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“…The current database of isotopic ratios for ores related to the archaeology of Europe and the Middle East contains more than 9,000 sets. There are only two ‘open access’ lists of isotopic data applicable to provenance studies of ancient metals: one, OXALID [ 43 ], can be found on the website of the Isotrace Laboratory of the University of Oxford http://oxalid.arch.ox.ac.uk/ , the other, IBERLID [ 44 ], has been assembled in the Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry Facility of the Universidad del Pais Vasco and presents all data published for the Iberian ore deposits and ancient metals.…”

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The origin of Neolithic copper on the central Northern European plain and in Southern Scandinavia: Connectivities on a European scale

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The production, distribution and use of copper objects and the development of metallurgical skills in Neolithic Northern Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia are linked to early centres of copper metallurgy of South East Central Europe and Southeast Europe. A total of 45 Neolithic copper objects, until now the largest sample of Early Neolithic objects from the Northern Central European Plain and Southern Scandinavia, were selected for new lead isotope analyses. They aided in the identification of the origin of the copper: These new analyses indicate that the copper ore deposits in Southeastern Europe, especially from the Serbian mining areas, were used for the Early Neolithic northern artefacts (ca. 4100–3300 BC). The most likely sources of copper for the few Middle Neolithic artefacts (ca. 3300–2800 BC) seem to be from the Slovak Ore Mountains, the Serbian mining areas and the Eastern Alps, whereas deposits of the Slovak Ore Mountains and the Alpine region were used for the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1700 BC) artefacts. For the artefacts dated after 2000 BC, the Great Orme mine in Wales also appears to have been the source of copper for the analysed metals. The use of copper from different regions of Europe probably reflects changing social and cultural connectivities on a European scale and the changing chronology of copper exploitation.

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IBERLID: A lead isotope database and tool for metal provenance and ore deposits research

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From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

Silver isotope and volatile trace element systematics in galena samples from the Iberian Peninsula and the quest for silver sources of Roman coinage

The origin of Neolithic copper on the central Northern European plain and in Southern Scandinavia: Connectivities on a European scale

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