The seasonal mobility model for prehistoric herders in the south-western Cape of South Africa assessed by isotopic analysis of sheep tooth enamel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 917-932

  Balasse, Marie ^a,b   Ambrose, Stanley H ^a,b   Smith, Andrew B ^c   Price, T Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Carbon and strontium isotope ratios; Oxygen; Pastoralism; Seasonal mobility; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOBILITY; PASTORALISM; SHEEP; TOOTH;

SOUTH AFRICA; VREDENBURG PENINSULA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0036727176     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0787     Document Type: Article

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