Passports from the past: Investigating human dispersals using strontium isotope analysis of tooth enamel

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-346

  Montgomery, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Migration; Strontium isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

DIET; ENAMEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAND USE CONFLICT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PROVENANCE; SOIL TYPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRAIN;

AFRICA; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REVIEW;

AFRICA; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENTAL ENAMEL; ECOSYSTEM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INDIA; RADIOMETRIC DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 77951685399     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014461003649297     Document Type: Review

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