Migration and diversity in Roman Britain: A multidisciplinary approach to the identification of immigrants in Roman York, England

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-561

  Leach, Stephany ^a   Lewis, Mary ^a   Chenery, Carolyn ^a   Müldner, Gundula ^a   Eckardt, Hella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Chemical analysis; Craniometrics; FORDISC 3.0; Migration

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CRANIOMETRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NORTH AFRICA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLESIOMORPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DENTAL ENAMEL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SKULL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349917575     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21104     Document Type: Article

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