Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic signatures of human dietary change in the Georgia Bight

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 197-214

  Larsen, Clark Spencer ^a,b   Schoeninger, Margaret J ^c   van der Merwe, Nikolaas J ^d   Moore, Katherine M ^e   Lee‐Thorp, Julia A ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Contact; Diet; Georgia Bight; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAIZE; MALE; RIB; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; DIET; GEORGIA; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0026714618     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330890206     Document Type: Article

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