What's in a Bone? Recent advances in archaeological bone chemistry

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-293

  Anne Katzenberg, M ^a   Harrison, Roman G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone chemistry; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEODIET; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0031474082     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02229154     Document Type: Article

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