Dogs, ducks, deer and diet: New stable isotope evidence on early Mesolithic dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-333

  Schulting, Rick J ^a   Richards, Michael P ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Dog; Mesolithic; Seamer Carr; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Star Carr

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; MESOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ENGLAND (YORKSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; VALE OF PICKERING;

EID: 0036089593     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2002.0707     Document Type: Article

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