Migration to the medieval Middle East with the crusades

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Mitchell, Piers D ^a   Millard, Andrew R ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarea; Levant; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; ENAMEL; EUROPE; FOSSIL HUMAN; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGES; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SKELETON; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TOOTH; WAR;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DENTAL ENAMEL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 70349900212     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21100     Document Type: Article

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