The isotopic composition and diagenesis of human bone from Teotihuacan and Oaxaca, Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Stuart Williams, Hilary Le Q ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^a   White, Christine D ^b   Spence, Michael W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

burial diagenesis; Mexico Oaxaca; O 18; phosphate composition; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

MEXICO, OAXACA STATE;

EID: 0030274255     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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