Prehistoric migration in Europe: Strontium isotope analysis of early neolithic skeletons

Current Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 799-804

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Price, T Douglas ^b   Lüning, Jens ^c   Gronenborn, Detlef ^c   Wahl, Joachim ^d   Fullagar, Paul D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Landesdenkmalamt Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 43249183598     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344373     Document Type: Article

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