The Huldremose Iron Age textiles, Denmark: an attempt to define their provenance applying the strontium isotope system

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1965-1971

  Frei, Karin Margarita ^a   Skals, Irene ^b   Gleba, Margarita ^a   Lyngstrøm, Henriette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Huldremose; Iron Age; Plant fibre; Provenance; Strontium isotopes; Textiles; Wool

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; IRON AGE; PEATLAND; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WOOL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67649631570     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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