Sugar monoculture, bovid skeletal part frequencies, and stable carbon isotopes: Interpreting enslaved African diet at Brimstone Hill, St kitts, West Indies

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1191-1198

  Klippel, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovids; British West Indies; Enslaved African diet; Skeletal part frequencies; Stable carbon isotopes; Sugar monoculture

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0035169982     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0636     Document Type: Article

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