10.5880/fidgeo.2023.043 eng dataset GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences datapub@gfz-potsdam.de http://www.gfz-potsdam.de Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences pointOfContact 2025-08-26 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 GlobaLID – Global Lead Isotope Database (Version 12/2023) 2025-08-26 revision doi:10.5880/fidgeo.2023.043 Westner, Katrin J. Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany author Rose, Thomas Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Frankfurt, Germany author Klein, Sabine Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany author Hsu, Yiu-Kang Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany author Becerra, María Florencia CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) - División Arqueología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina author Nezafati, Nima Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany author Renson, Virginie Archaeometry Laboratory, Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA author Stephens, Jay Archaeometry Laboratory, Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA author GFZ Data Services publisher 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 ma- terial provenance of other materials such as glass, pigments and pottery was already investigated us- ing 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 Eu- rope. However, many of these data are dispersed in the literature and were published in scientific articles or monographs. Consequently, each researcher or at least each research group had to build their own up-to-date database 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., finda- ble, 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 facili- tate 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 uti- lised 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 be- come active contributors of GlobaLID. The initiators of the database dedicate their effort to the con- tinuation and maintenance of the database but only the support of the whole community will allow a rapid and successful growth of GlobaLID. GlobaLID Core Team Forschungsbereich Archäometallurgie, Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen/Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany globalid@bergbaumuseum.de pointOfContact raw material provenance chemical > isotope chemical element > element of group IV > lead chemical element > transition element > copper chemical element > transition element > silver industrial process > metal working > metal smelting industry > metallurgical industry > non-ferrous metal industry lithosphere > mineral > metallic mineral > non-ferrous metal resource utilisation resource utilisation > extraction resource utilisation > extraction > mining GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 publication EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > ISOTOPE RATIOS EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > ISOTOPES EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METALS EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METALS > METALS AGE 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