Early African Diaspora in colonial Campeche, Mexico: Strontium isotopic evidence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-490

  Price, T Douglas ^a   Tiesler, Vera ^b   Burton, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

87 86Sr; Human remains; Migration; Slavery

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DENTAL ENAMEL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEXICO; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 33746256134     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20390     Document Type: Article

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