FOCUS: Gough's Cave and Sun Hole Cave human stable isotope values indicate a high animal protein diet in the British Upper Palaeolithic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Richards, M P ^a   Hedges, R E M ^a   Jacobi, R ^b   Current, A ^b   Stringer, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Gough's Cave; Nitrogen; Palaeodiet; Stable isotopes; Upper palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PALEOLITHIC;

GOUGH'S CAVE; SOMERSET; SUN HOLE CAVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034069294     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0520     Document Type: Article

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