Stable carbon isotopic evidence for differences in the dietary origin of bone cholesterol, collagen and apatite: Implications for their use in palaeodietary reconstruction

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Jim, Susan ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a Cantock's Close   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 0347693244     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00216-3     Document Type: Article

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