People on the move in Roman Britain

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 534-550

  Eckardt, Hella ^a   Müldner, Gundula ^a   Lewis, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotope analysis; Mobility; Roman Britain

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIASPORA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; ROMAN ERA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903805567     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.931821     Document Type: Article

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