Radiocarbon dates and stable isotope data from the early bronze age burials in riigiküla i and Kivisaare settlement sites, Estonia

Radiocarbon

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 645-656

  Tõrv, Mari ^a,b   Meadows, John ^a,c  

^a Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Estonia; Human bone; Kivisaare; Radiocarbon dates; Riigik la I; Stable isotopes; Stone age

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; BRONZE AGE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOMINID; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STONE AGE;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84942092167     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_rc.57.18459     Document Type: Article

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