Arsenic in Danish and Swedish Mesolithic and Neolithic human bones - diet or diagenesis?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2826-2834

  Rasmussen, Kaare Lund ^a   Bjerregaard, Poul ^a   Gommesen, Pia Halkjær ^b   Jensen, Ole Lass ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Hørsholm Egns Museum ^*  (Denmark)

^c Hørsholm Egns Museum   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diet; Human bones; Marine animals; Mesolithic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BONE; DIAGENESIS; DIET; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349937901     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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