Stable isotope analyses of mammal skeletal remains of Holocene age from European Russia: A way to trace dietary and environmental changes;Analyse isotopique de restes squelettiques d'âge holocène de la Russie européenne: Un moyen pour reconstituer les régimes alimentaires et les changements de l'environnement

Geobios

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Iacumin, P ^a   Nikolaev, V ^b   Genoni, L ^a   Ramigni, M ^a   Ryskov, Ya G ^c   Longinelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

European Russia; Holocene; Human skeletal remains; Palaeoenvironmental and palaeodietary reconstruction; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1342288657     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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