King Solomon's miners - Starvation and bioaccumulation? An environmental archaeological investigation in southern Jordan

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-308

  Pyatt, F B ^a   Barker, G W ^b   Birch, P ^e   Gilbertson, D D ^c   Grattan, J P ^d   Mattingly, D J ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MINING;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; STARVATION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032987051     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1795     Document Type: Article

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