"Mycenaean" political domination of Knossos following the Late Minoan IB destructions on Crete: negative evidence from strontium isotope ratio analysis (87Sr/86Sr)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2307-2317

  Nafplioti, A ^a  

^a American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

"Warrior" graves; Bronze Age Aegean; Cultural discontinuity; Destructions; Knossos; Migration; Population movement; Strontium isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PREHISTORIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449130329     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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