Oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of human tooth enamel from the new kingdom site of tombos in Nubia

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-868

  Buzon, M R ^a   Bowen, G J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Carbon; Carbonat; Egypt; Isotope; Migration; Nile Valley; Nubia; Oxygen; Strontium

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; AQUIFER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; ENAMEL; IMMIGRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EGYPT; NUBIA;

EID: 77955620294     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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