Arsenic accumulation on the bones in the Early Bronze Age İkiztepe Population, Turkey

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1033-1041

  Özdemir, Kameray ^a   Erdal, Yilmaz Selim ^a   Demirci, Şahinde ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BONE; BRONZE AGE; COPPER; DIAGENESIS; LEAD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77649184735     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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