Change of diet of the greenland vikings determined from stable carbon isotope analysis and "c dating of their bones

Radiocarbon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-168

  Arneborg, Jette ^a   Heinemeier, Jan ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^b   Nielsen, Henrik L ^c   Rud, Niels ^c  

^a National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; DIETARY SHIFT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033375259     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200019512     Document Type: Article

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