Tracing the mobility of individuals using stable isotope signatures in biological tissues: "locals" and "non-locals" in an ancient case of violent death from Central California

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 474-481

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Barfod, Gry H ^a   Jorgenson, Gina A ^a   Peske, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA YOL 117; California; Geographic tracers; Migration; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOBILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MIGRATION; SKELETON; VIOLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; SACRAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 84885348275     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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