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title = "Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility Among the Ancient Maya",
abstract = "The present chapter on strontium isotopes from human dental enamel aims at presenting four archaeological case studies to illustrate the anthropological significance and range of applications of this technique: a northern Maya origin for the founder of Copan, a local king from Tikal, and the regional origin of two of Palenque{\textquoteright}s rulers. The results show that isotopic variation within the various culturally important regions of Mesoamerica is generally much less than variation among the different regions. Thus analysis of strontium isotope ratios in dental enamel, which retains the ratio of the place of childhood residence, can be used not only to indicate mobility but also on occasion to determine the geographic origin of the individual.",
keywords = "Colonial times, Dental enamel, Prehispanic Maya, Strontium isotopes",
author = "Price, {T. Douglas} and Burton, {James H.} and Fullagar, {Paul D.} and Wright, {Lori E.} and Buikstra, {Jane E.} and Vera Tiesler",
note = "Funding Information: Our acknowledgments go to the following people and institutions: Leticia Brito for her help with sample acquisition; Robert Sharer and David Sedat for the samples from Copan; Linda Manzanilla for the remains from Teotihuacan; the INAH Campeche/Gobierno del Estado de Campeche for the Campeche materials; the INAH Chiapas for the materials from Palenque; the samples of the individuals from Temple XIII-sub (Proyecto Arqueol?gico Palenque, INAH, in charge of A. Arnoldo Gonz?lez Cruz) were provided by Prof. Arturo Romano Pacheco; the IDAEH de Guatemala and the University of Pennsylvania Museum for the Tikal collection. This research was sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant BCS-0413047) and by a grant from the Ahau Foundation, Inc. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-10858-2_11",
language = "English (US)",
series = "SpringerBriefs in Archaeology",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "119--132",
booktitle = "SpringerBriefs in Archaeology",
address = "United States",
}