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

Description

No / Human migration is a hallmark of the species and there is significant interest in methods that can determine the past migrations of humans and associated fauna. We present a new method that utilizes collagen oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes from histologically informed samples of cortical bone. The utility of this multi-isotopic, life history approach is demonstrated in migrating Dutch whalers, and both the possibilities and limitations of the method are described.

Links & Downloads

1. Koon HEC and Tuross N (2013) The Dutch whalers: a test of a human migration in the oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes of cortical bone collagen. World Archaeology. 45(3): 360-372.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6055
3. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2013.823884

Tags

Migration

Oxygen isotopes

Collagen

Dutch whalers

Diet

Cortical bone

Svalbard archipelago

Spitsbergen

REF 2014

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/6055
Date	January 2013
Creators	Koon, Hannah E.C., Tuross, N.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, No full-text in the repository