17th April 2010, 08:37 PM
One of the things I wondered about is isotope analysis from teeth and bones (which I notice is increasingly being touted by archaeologists as an indicator of the origins of various skeletal remains).... Is it possible that volcanic activity at different times in the past could affect this analysis i.e we might be getting 'false' readings based on the origins of isotopes released through volcanic activity rather than the geographic location of the person...and likewise for archaeological spatial hypotheses based on multi-element analysis (MEA) ......just a thought.
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