Strontium isotope analysis of Neolithic and Copper Age populations on the Great Hungarian Plain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 491-497

  Giblin, Julia Irene ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

87SR 86SR; Copper Age; Diet; Human mobility; Hungary; Isotopes; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOBILITY; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREHISTORIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ALFOLD; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 57849155365     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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