The first settlers of Iceland: An isotopic approach to colonisation

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 130-144

  Price, T Douglas ^a   Gestsdóttir, Hildur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Institute of Archaeology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Enamel; Human migration; Iceland; Isotopes; Settlement; Strontium

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; ENAMEL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33748990332     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00093315     Document Type: Article

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