Stable isotopes and the seasonality of the Oronsay middens

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 275, 1998, Pages 178-184

  Richards, M P ^a   Mellars, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000241661     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00086373     Document Type: Article

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