The Dolmen Kolikho, Western Caucasus: Isotopic Investigation of Funeral Practice and Human Mobility

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Trifonov, V. A.
Zaitseva, G. I.
Van der Plicht, J.
Burova, N. D.
Bogomolov, E. S.
Sementsov, A. A.
Lokhova, O. V.
Issue Date
2012-10-15

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Trifonov, V. A., Zaitseva, G. I., van der Plicht, J., Burova, N. D., Bogomolov, E. S., Sementsov, A. A., & Lokhova, O. V. (2012). The dolmen Kolikho, western Caucasus: Isotopic investigation of funeral practice and human mobility. Radiocarbon, 54(3-4), 761-769.
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Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
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Radiocarbon
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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654971
DOI
10.1017/S003382220004741X
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http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
Abstract
We investigated the dolmen known as Kolikho (Black Sea coast, Russia), discovered accidentally in 2008. It is a unique, undisturbed megalithic structure. The burial chamber contains disarticulated human remains from about 70 individuals. Radiocarbon dating shows that the dolmen was in use between roughly the 19th to 13th centuries BC. Strontium isotopes are used to investigate the origin and last residence location of the people buried in the structure.
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en
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0033-8222
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