The Inka Mummy from Mount Aconcagua: Decoding the Geographic Origin of the "Messenger to the Deities" by Means of Stable Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Isotope Analysis

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-46

  Fernández, Jorge ^a   Panarello, Héctor O ^b   Schobinger, Juan ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACONCAGUA; ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA PRINCIPAL;

EID: 0347020907     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199901)14:1<27::AID-GEA3>3.3.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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