Stable isotope dietary analysis of bison bone samples from the Hudson-Meng bonebed: effects of paleotopography

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-475

  Jahren, A H ^a   Todd, L C ^b   Amundson, R G ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISON; BONE; HOLOCENE; PALAEODIET; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 0031849029     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0248     Document Type: Article

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