Migration and mobility in the circum-Caribbean: Integrating archaeology and isotopic analysis

Population Dynamics in Prehistory and Early History: New Approaches Using Stable Isotopes and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 337-354

  Laffoon, Jason E ^a   Hooglanda, Menno L P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caribbean origins; Migration; Mobility; Strontium isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879416721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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