Continuity or colonization in Anglo-Saxon England? Isotope evidence for mobility, subsistence practice, and status at West Heslerton

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-138

  Montgomery, Janet ^a   Evans, Jane A ^b   Powlesland, Dominic ^c   Roberts, Charlotte A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Landscape Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglian cemetery; Enamel; Isotope analysis; Lead; Migration period; Strontium; TIMS

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENAMEL; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

DENTAL ENAMEL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MALE; MORTUARY PRACTICE; PALEODONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 12444297544     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20111     Document Type: Article

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