Seasonal dating using fish otoliths: Results from the Shag River Mouth Site, New Zealand

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-448

  Higham, T F G ^a   Horn, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Otoliths; Oxygen isotope analysis; Prehistoric fishing; Seasonality; Shag River Mouth

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FISH; OTOLITH; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0033937595     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0473     Document Type: Article

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