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Isotopic Study of Migration: Differentiating Locals and Non-Locals in Tumulus Burials From Apollonia, Albania

Stallo, Jennifer Rose
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186753260

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Anthropology.
Strontium isotope ratio (87Sr⁄86Sr) analysis has been applied in archaeology since the 1980s to reconstruct patterns of migration. Analysis of the 87Sr⁄86Sr ratios from burial mounds (tumuli) excavated near the site of Apollonia, Illyria (modern day Albania) was performed to differentiate ‘locals’ and ‘non-locals’. The Greek colony founded at Apollonia around the beginning of the sixth century B.C.E. included a mixture of Greek colonists and native Illyrian people. As tumulus burials are the only burial features identified and excavated at Apollonia it was hypothesized that both Greek and Illyrian individuals would be represented in tumuli. If the Greek and Illyrian burials could be differentiated using 87Sr⁄86Sr ratios then insight into the changing interaction of Greeks and Illyrians at Apollonia is possible. 87Sr⁄86Sr ratio analysis of a sample of teeth from Apollonia reveals that non-locals were incorporated into tumulus 10 along with members of the local population.
Dr. Vernon Scarborough (Advisor)
81 p.
Anthropology, Physical
Strontium; Isotopes; Migration; Albania; Apollonia

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  • Stallo, J. R. (2007). Isotopic Study of Migration: Differentiating Locals and Non-Locals in Tumulus Burials From Apollonia, Albania [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186753260

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stallo, Jennifer. Isotopic Study of Migration: Differentiating Locals and Non-Locals in Tumulus Burials From Apollonia, Albania. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186753260.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stallo, Jennifer. "Isotopic Study of Migration: Differentiating Locals and Non-Locals in Tumulus Burials From Apollonia, Albania." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186753260

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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