Methodological and archaeological implications of intra-tooth isotopic variations (δ13C, δ18O) in herbivores from Ain Ghazal (Jordan, Neolithic)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 697-704

  Wiedemann, Felicitas B ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^b   Mariotti, André ^b   Driesch, Angela Von Den ^c   Grupe, Gisela ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Institut für Palaeoanatomie   (Germany)

^d Inst Anthropologie und Humangenetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ain ghazal jordan neolithic; Intra tooth isotopic variation; Short term climatic variation; Tooth enamel carbonate; 13C; 18O

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; TOOTH;

JORDAN;

EID: 0033150645     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0392     Document Type: Article

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