Bioarchaeology not only provides insights into human, animal, and environmental ecology, but also generates huge amounts of stable and radiogenic isotope data that are not well recognised by other disciplines. Here, we present potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies. We emphasise the large spatio-temporal scales on which isotope patterns can be observed, for example using isoscapes, the limitations and potential pitfalls that come with isotope data from archaeological research, and future cross-disciplinary collaborations between bioarchaeology and other palaeo-disciplines.

Archaeology Environmental changes and Geo Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium

CzechGlobe Global Change Research Institute CAS Brno Czech Republic

Department of Ancient Civilizations University of Basel Basel Switzerland

Department of Archaeology University of Aberdeen Aberdeen Scotland UK

Department of Geography Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

Department of Geography University of Cambridge Cambridge UK

Institute for the Modelling of Socio Environmental Transitions Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole Bournemouth UK

Quaternary Geology Department of Environmental Sciences University of Basel Basel Switzerland

Research Centre for Field Archaeology and Forensic Taphonomy School of Law and Policing University of Central Lancashire Preston UK

School of History Archaeology and Religion Cardiff University Cardiff UK

Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment an der Universität Tübingen Tübingen Germany

UCL Institute of Archaeology University College London London UK

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