The use of barium and strontium abundances in human skeletal tissues to determine their geographic origins

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Burton, J H ^a   Price, T D ^a   Cahue, L ^b   Wright, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Bone chemistry; Human mobility; Provenance; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744245315     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.661     Document Type: Article

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