Stable and radiogenic isotopes in biological archaeology: Some applications

Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 335-356

  Schwarcz, Henry P ^a   White, Christine D ^b   Longstaffe, Fred J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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