In search of homelands: Using strontium isotopes to identify biological markers of mobility in late prehistoric Portugal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-127

  Waterman, Anna J ^a   Peate, David W ^a   Silva, Ana Maria ^b   Thomas, Jonathan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Iberia; Migration; Neolithic Copper Age; Strontium isotopes; Zambujal

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BRONZE AGE; ENAMEL; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ALENTEJO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84888213896     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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