Determination of geographic origin of unprovenanced Aboriginal skeletal remains in South Australia employing stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-7

  Pate, F Donald ^a   Brodie, Rebecca ^b   Owen, Timothy D ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 25444492629     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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