AMS dating of human bone from the Ostorf cemetery in the light of new information on dietary habits and freshwater reservoir effects

Bericht der Romisch-Germanischen Kommission

Volumn 88, Issue , 2007, Pages 339-352

  Olsen, Jesper ^a   Heinemeier, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Isotop analyses; Necropoles; Neolithic; Nutrition; Ostorf, Kr. Schwerin; Radiocarbon dating calibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954303405     PISSN: 03419312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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