Determining the 'local' 87Sr/86Sr range for archaeological skeletons: A case study from Neolithic Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-375

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Price, T Douglas ^b   Stephan, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Landesdenkmalamt Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Human mobility; Migration; Neolithic; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIAGENESIS; MOBILITY; NEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 1542546871     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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