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Diagenetic signals from ancient human remains - bioarchaeological applications

Mineralogia
Volume 42 (2011): Issue 2-3 (September 2011)
By: Krzysztof Szostek,  Beata Stepańczak,  Anita Szczepanek,  Małgorzata Kępa,  Henryk Głąb,  Paweł Jarosz,  Piotr Włodarczak,  Krzysztof Tunia,  Jacek Pawlyta,  Czesława Paluszkiewicz and  Grzegorz Tylko  
Open Access
|Jul 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-011-0009-4 | Journal eISSN: 1899-8526 | Journal ISSN: 1899-8291
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Language: English
Page range: 93 - 112
Published on: Jul 4, 2012
Published by: Mineralogical Society of Poland
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
diagenesis,
Neolithic,
oxygen isotopes,
FTIR,
EDS,
bioarchaeology
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geophysics,
Geosciences, other

© 2012 Krzysztof Szostek, Beata Stepańczak, Anita Szczepanek, Małgorzata Kępa, Henryk Głąb, Paweł Jarosz, Piotr Włodarczak, Krzysztof Tunia, Jacek Pawlyta, Czesława Paluszkiewicz, Grzegorz Tylko, published by Mineralogical Society of Poland
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Volume 42 (2011): Issue 2-3 (September 2011)