Strangers in a strange land: Stable isotope evidence for human migration in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1199-1208

  Dupras, Tosha L ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone apatite; Bone collagen; Nitrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; Roman period

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; ROMAN ERA;

DAKHLEH OASIS; EGYPT;

EID: 0035162167     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0640     Document Type: Article

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