Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis: Reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla

The Bioarchaeology of the Human Head: Decapitation, Decoration, and Deformation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 141-178

  Montgomery, Janet ^a   Knüsel, Christopher J ^b   Tucker, Katie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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