Resolving archaeological populations with Sr-isotope mixing models

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1502-1514

  Montgomery, Janet ^a   Evans, Jane A ^b   Cooper, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL TARGET REGIONS; HUMAN DIETARY STRATEGIES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CHILD; DIET; ENAMEL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE WOLDS;

EID: 34250766831     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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