Stable isotope analysis of human remains: A tool for cave archaeology

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Trimble, Carmen C ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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