Residential mobility and social identity in the periphery: Strontium isotope analysis of archaeological tooth enamel from southeastern Arabia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 452-464

  Gregoricka, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Enamel hydroxyapatite; Mobility; Persian Gulf; Strontium isotope analysis; Tomb membership; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRONZE AGE; CIVILIZATION; ENAMEL; IMMIGRANT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KINSHIP; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL INDICATOR; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MESOPOTAMIA; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84867920015     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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