A Neolithic revolution? New evidence of diet in the British Neolithic

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 282, 1999, Pages 891-897

  Richards, M P ^a,b   Hedges, R E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Britain; Marine foods; Mesolithic; Neolithic; 13C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000357605     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065649     Document Type: Article

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