Comments on Richards et al., Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2008 "Strontium isotope evidence of Neanderthal mobility at the site of Lakonis, Greece using laser-ablation PIMMS"

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1334-1341

  Nowell, G M ^a   Horstwood, M S A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Mobility; Neanderthals; Strontium isotopes; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; NEANDERTHAL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349123355     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Batey J.H., Prohaska T., Horstwood M.S.A., Nowell G.M., Goenaga-Infante H., and Eiden G.C. Mass spectrometers. In: Nelms S. (Ed). ICP Mass Spectrometry Handbook (2005), Blackwell 26-116
2. Bentley R.A. Strontium isotopes from the Earth to the archaeological skeleton: a review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 13 (2006) 135-187
3. 86Sr range for archaeological skeletons: a case study from Neolithic Europe. Journal of Archaeological Science 31 (2004) 365-375
4. Birk J.L. Precision K-Rb-Sr isotopic analysis: application to Rb-Sr chronology. Chemical Geology 56 (1986) 73-83
5. Charlier B.L.A., Ginibre C., Morgan D., Nowell G.M., Pearson D.G., Davidson J.P., and Ottley C.J. Methods for the microsampling and high-precision analysis of strontium and rubidium isotopes at single crystal scale for petrological and geochronological applications. Chemical Geology 232 (2006) 114-133
6. 86Sr) of tooth enamel: a comparison of solution and laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry methods. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22 (2008) 3187-3194
7. Font L., Davidson J.P., Pearson D.G., Nowell G.M., Jerram D.A., and Ottley C.J. Sr and Pb isotope micro-analysis of plagioclase crystals from Skye Lavas: an insight into open-system processes in a flood basalt province. Journal of Petrology 49 8 (2008) 1449-1471
8. Horstwood M.S.A., Evans J., and Montgomery J. Determination of Sr isotopes in calcium phosphates using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and their application to archaeological tooth enamel. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (2008) 5659-5674
9. Montgomery J., Evans J.A., and Neighbour T. Sr isotope evidence for population movement within the Hebridean Norse community of NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society 160 (2003) 649-653
10. Richards M., Harvati K., Grimes V., Colin Smith C., Smith T., Jean-Jacques Hublin J.J., Karkanas P., and Panagopoulou E. Strontium isotope evidence of Neanderthal mobility at the site of Lakonis, Greece using laser ablation PIMMS. Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (2008) 1251-1256
11. Simonetti A., Buzon M.R., and Creaser R.A. In-situ elemental and Sr isotope investigation of human tooth enamel by laser ablation-(MC)-ICP-MS: successes and pitfalls. Archaeometry 50 (2008) 371-385
12. Vroon P.Z., van der Wagt B., Koornneef J.M., and Davies G. Problems in obtaining precise and accurate Sr isotope analysis from geological materials using laser ablation MC-ICPMS. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 390 (2008) 465-476