Strontium isotopes of human remains from the San Martín de Dulantzi graveyard (Alegría-Dulantzi, Álava) and population mobility in the Early Middle Ages

Quaternary International

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-63

  Ortega, Luis Angel ^a   Guede, Iranzu ^a   Zuluaga, Maria Cruz ^a   Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa ^a   Murelaga, Xabier ^a   Niso, Javier ^b   Loza, Miguel ^b   Quirós Castillo, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Arqueología Iterbide SC ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENAMEL; ETHNICITY; FAUNA; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIDDLE AGES; MOBILITY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARABA; BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

EID: 84879797423     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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