Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain

Budd, P.; Millard, A.; Chenery, C.; Lucy, S.; Roberts, C.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x0009298x

Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain

Budd, P.; Millard, A.; Chenery, C.; Lucy, S.; Roberts, C.

Authors

P. Budd

Dr Andrew Millard a.r.millard@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

C. Chenery

S. Lucy

Professor Charlotte Roberts c.a.roberts@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

Abstract

Stable isotopes present in local ground water get into people's teeth before they are 12 years old, and act as a signature to the area where they grew up (and drank the water). In a review of recent work in Britain the authors show the huge potential of this method for detecting population movement – and thus ultimately for investigating questions of migration, exogamy and slavery.

Citation

Budd, P., Millard, A., Chenery, C., Lucy, S., & Roberts, C. (2004). Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain. Antiquity, 78(299), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009298x

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2004
Deposit Date	Nov 17, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Jun 17, 2011
Journal	Antiquity
Print ISSN	0003-598X
Electronic ISSN	1745-1744
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	78
Issue	299
Pages	127-141
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009298x
Keywords	Oxygen, Strontium, Isotopes, Residency, Mobility.
Publisher URL	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9436734&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0003598X0009298X