Non-destructive determination of 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios in early upper paleolithic human teeth from the Mladeč caves - Preliminary results

Early Modern Humans at the Moravian Gate: The Mladeč Caves and their Remains

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 505-514

  Prohaska, Thomas ^a   Teschler Nicola, Maria ^b   Galler, Patrick ^a   Přichystal, Antonin ^c   Stingeder, Gerhard ^a   Jelenc, Monika ^d   Klötzli, Urs ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 84895214750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-49294-9_18     Document Type: Chapter

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