Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identification of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-222

  Kendall, E J ^a   Montgomery, J ^a   Evans, J A ^b   Stantis, C ^a   Mueller, V ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catastrophic burials; enamel; Medieval London; nonlocals; stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; STRONTIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; FEMALE; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEMETERIES; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLAGUE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84872286324     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22194     Document Type: Article

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