Strontium isotope analysis and human mobility during the Neolithic and Copper Age: A case study from the Great Hungarian Plain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-239

  Giblin, Julia I ^a   Knudson, Kelly J ^b   Bereczki, Zsolt ^c   Pálfi, György ^c   Pap, Ildikó ^d  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Copper Age; Hungary; Isotope; Mobility; Neolithic; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DOMESTICATION; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ALFOLD; HUNGARY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867915507     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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