Dogs, a crane (not duck) and diet at Star Carr: A response to Schulting and Richards

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1353-1356

  Dark, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common crane (Grus grus); Dog (Canis familiaris); Mesolithic; Seamer Carr; Stable carbon isotopes; Stable nitrogen isotopes; Star Carr

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CANID; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATERFOWL;

EID: 0041820327     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00026-8     Document Type: Note

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