Isotope ratio study of Bronze Age samples from the Eurasian Caspian Steppes

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 177-198

  Shishlina, Natalia ^a   Sevastyanov, Vyacheslav ^b   Hedges, Robert E M ^c  

^a State Historical Museum   (Russian Federation)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Collagen; Diet; Eurasian Caspian Steppes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892535457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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