Across the Alps in Prehistory Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passag
At the heart of this book is the matter of how isotopic landscapes combined with data mining enriches insights on prehistoric migration and cultural transfer. Isotopic mapping is an indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the past,
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ss the Alps in Prehistory Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology
Across the Alps in Prehistory
Gisela Grupe • Andrea Grigat • George C. McGlynn Editors
Across the Alps in Prehistory Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology
Editors Gisela Grupe LMU München Biozentrum Martinsried Martinsried, Bayern Germany
Andrea Grigat Staatssammlung f. Anthropologie und Pala¨oanatomie München, Bayern Germany
George C. McGlynn Staatssammlung f. Anthropologie und Pala¨oanatomie München, Bayern Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-41548-2 ISBN 978-3-319-41550-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41550-5
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Preface
Understanding the history of anatomically modern Homo sapiens requires an evaluation of the multiple factors that determine human population development in time and space. This includes insights into processes such as mobility, migration, population admixture and cultural exchange and transfer. While written documentation and the archaeological remains of the material culture both provide clues to these topics, information contained in the bodily remains of the people who once either took an active part in these processes or were merely confronted with them during their lifetime has yet to be fully exploited. The analysis of preserved DNA molecules permits the evaluation of genetic and genealogical relationships, but the genetic make-up of a past people hardly permits access to behavioural aspects of these once-living individuals and their populations. The majority of human and animal tiss
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