Beaker people in Britain: Migration, mobility and diet

Antiquity

Volumn 90, Issue 351, 2016, Pages 620-637

  Parker Pearson, Mike ^a   Chamberlain, Andrew ^b   Jay, Mandy ^c,d   Richards, Mike ^e   Sheridan, Alison ^f   Curtis, Neil ^g   Evans, Jane ^h   Gibson, Alex ⁱ   Hutchison, Margaret ^g   Mahoney, Patrick ^j   Marshall, Peter ^k   Montgomery, Janet ^d   Needham, Stuart ^l   O'Mahoney, Sandra ^a   Pellegrini, Maura ^m   Wilkin, Neil ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^k Chronologies   (United Kingdom)

^l Langton Fold   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Beaker; Britain; Bronze Age; diet; isotope analysis; migration; mobility; osteology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983320369     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.72     Document Type: Article

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