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Volume: 75  Number: 289  Page: 593–603

Prehistoric human migration in the Linearbandkeramik of Central Europe

T. Douglas Price1, R. Alexander Bentley1, Jens Lüning2, Detlef Gronenborn2 and Joachim Wahl3

1Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706, USA 2Seminar für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, ArchÄologie und ArchÄobotanik Afrikas, Robert-Mayer-Strasse 1, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany 3Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, ArchÄologische Denkmalpflege, Osteologie, Stromeyersdorfstrasse 3, 78467 Konstanz, Germany

This paper presents a revised chronology for the Linearbandkeramik and strontium isotope measurements of human skeletal material from two cemeteries which indicate a high incidence of migration. It appears that LBK farmers were highly migratory and interacted with surrounding communities.

Keywords: Linearbandkeramik, strontium isotope analysis, migration, Rhine Valley, Neolithic