The Dutch whalers: a test of a human migration in the oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes of cortical bone collagen

World Archaeology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-372

  Koon, Hannah ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collagen; cortical bone; diet; Dutch whalers; Migration; oxygen isotopes; Spitsbergen; Svalbard archipelago

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923408175     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2013.823884     Document Type: Article

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