The Ice Man's diet as reflected by the stable nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of his hair

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 559-562

  Macko, S A ^a   Lubec, G ^b   Teschler Nicola, M ^c   Andrusevich, V ^d   Engel, M H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Dept of Pediatrics ^*  (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Neolithic; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING HABIT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033004286     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.3.559     Document Type: Article

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