Neodymium isotopes in modern human dental enamel: An exploratory dataset for human provenancing

Plomp, E.

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107375

Neodymium isotopes in modern human dental enamel

Title

Neodymium isotopes in modern human dental enamel: An exploratory dataset for human provenancing

Author

Plomp, E. (TU Delft Management Support)

Date

2021

Abstract

This collection presents data on neodymium isotopes from modern dental elements (third molars) of 47 individuals born and raised in the Netherlands, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire, Columbia and Iceland. Neodymium isotope composition was successfully analyzed for 40 individuals (ranging between 0.511820 and 0.512773 ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd and -16.0 to 2.6 εNd), with neodymium concentration data available for 23 individuals (ranging between 0.1 and 21.0 ppb). For 37 individuals the dental elements have also been analyzed for strontium isotopes. All analyses were performed on a Thermo Scientific Triton Plus TIMS. Neodymium analyses were performed using 10¹³ Ω resistors, with samples reanalyzed using 10¹¹ Ω resistors if enough sample was available. Strontium analyses were performed using 10¹¹Ω resistors. A discussion about the applicability of the analysis technique and the results can be found in the article “Evaluation of neodymium isotope analysis of human dental enamel as a provenance indicator using 10¹³ Ω amplifiers (TIMS)”. This dataset is available for verification of the provenance capability of neodymium isotope analysis in archaeological and forensic mobility studies. To ensure the interoperability and reusability of the data, the data is available on the IsoArcH (https://isoarch.eu/) data repository.

Subject

Enamel
Forensic provenancing
Human
Isotope
Neodymium
Strontium
the Netherlands

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107375

ISSN

2352-3409

Source

Data in Brief, 38

Part of collection

Institutional Repository