Finding the coastal Mesolithic in southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 294, 2002, Pages 1011-1025

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

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMS dates; Early Neolithic diet; Mesolithic; Seasonal movement; Stable isotope analysis; Wales

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DIET; MESOLITHIC; MIGRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALDEY ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0036929470     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00091821     Document Type: Article

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