Isotopic evidence for mobility and group organization among neolithic farmers at Talheim, Germany, 5000

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 259-284

  Price, T Douglas ^a,b,e   Wahl, Joachim ^c,e,f,g   Bentley, R Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Landesamt Für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart   (Germany)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of European Archaeology ^*  (Germany)

^f Verband Region Stuttgart   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baden W rttemberg; Central Europe; Isotopes; Linearbandkeramik; Mass grave; Skeletons; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449118100     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957107086126     Document Type: Review

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