Strontium isotopes and human mobility in prehistoric Denmark

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Frei, Karin Margarita ^a   Price, T Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Baseline; Bioavailable strontium; Denmark; Fauna; Isotope; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864971530     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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