Strontium isotope analysis to reveal migration in relation to climate change and ritual tooth ablation of Jomon skeletal remains from western Japan

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-563

  Kusaka, Soichiro ^a   Nakano, Takanori ^b   Morita, Wataru ^a   Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hunter gatherers; Japan; Jomon period; Strontium isotope; Tooth ablation; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867395871     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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