Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: A report from Britain

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 299, 2004, Pages 127-141

  Budd, Paul ^a   Millard, Andrew ^a   Chenery, Carolyn ^b   Lucy, Sam ^a   Roberts, Charlotte ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Mobility; Oxygen; Residency; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942506038     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0009298X     Document Type: Article

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