Oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of human dental enamel from the caribbean: Implications for investigating individual origins

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 742-765

  Laffoon, J E ^a   Rojas, R Valcárcel ^b   Hofman, C L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbonate; Caribbean; Enamel; Isotope; Migration; Oxygen; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA;

EID: 84879415061     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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