Sr isotope evidence for population movement within the Hebridean Norse community of NW scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 649-653

  Montgomery, Janet ^a   Evans, Jane A ^b   Neighbour, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Freelance Specialist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Enamel; Lewisian; Teeth; Viking

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; LEWISIAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141782161     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-037     Document Type: Article

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