Oxygen isotopic evidence of residence and migration in a Greek colonial population on the Black Sea

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2658-2666

  Keenleyside, Anne ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^b   Panayotova, Kristina ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Archaeology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Apollonia Pontica; Black sea; Greek colonization; Migration; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIZATION; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SKELETON;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; BLACK SEA; GREECE;

APOLLONIA;

EID: 80051791867     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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