The Ba/Sr ratio, carious lesions, and dental calculus among the population buried in the church La Concepción (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Arnay de la Rosa, Matilde ^a   González Reimers, Emilio ^b   Gámez Mendoza, Alejandro ^a   Galindo Martín, Luis ^c  

^a Dpto de Prehistoria   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Química   (Spain)

Author keywords

18th century; Calculus; Canary Islands; Caries; Dental pathology; Paleonutrition Ba Sr ratio

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENTITION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 57849151496     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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