The potential of carbonized grain to preserve biogenic 87Sr/ 86Sr signatures within the burial environment

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-291

  Heier, A ^a   Evans, J A ^b   Montgomery, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbonized grain; Diagenesis; North Atlantic; Strontium isotopes; Tims; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 62249104465     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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