Stable isotopic analysis of human diet in the Marianas Archipelago, Western Pacific

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-361

  Ambrose, Stanley H ^a   Butler, Brian M ^b   Hanson, Douglas B ^c   Hunter Anderson, Rosalind L ^e   Krueger, Harold W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Geochron Laboratories   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Apatite; Archaeology; Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Collagen; Micronesia; Paleodiet

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GUAM; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROTEIN INTAKE; SKELETON;

BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONESIA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0030699347     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199711)104:3<343::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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