Geographical patterns in biologically available strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope signatures in prehistoric SW Germany

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 629-644

  Bentley, R A ^a   Knipper, C ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C 12C; 18O 16O; 87Sr 86Sr; Germany; Human mobility; Isotopes; Migration; Neolithic; Pigs; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEOLITHIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 24944493906     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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