Strontium isotope evidence of Neanderthal mobility at the site of Lakonis, Greece using laser-ablation PIMMS

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1251-1256

  Richards, Michael ^a,b   Harvati, Katerina ^a   Grimes, Vaughan ^a   Smith, Colin ^a   Smith, Tanya ^a   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^c   Panagopoulou, Eleni ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Laser ablation; Mobility; Neanderthals; Strontium isotope ratios; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; MOBILITY; NEANDERTHAL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40749112637     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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