Isotopic evidence of inland-water fishing by a Jomon population excavated from the Boji site, Nagano, Japan

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-107

  Yoneda, Minoru ^a   Suzuki, Ryo ^b   Shibata, Yasuyuki ^a   Morita, Masatoshi ^a   Sukegawa, Tomohiro ^c   Shigehara, Nobuo ^d   Akazawa, Takeru ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Environment Research Center Ltd   (Japan)

^c Sakaki Town Board of Education   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e National Institutes for the Humanities International Research Center for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diet; Inland water fishing; Jomon; Nitrogen; Prehistoric subsistence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FISHING COMMUNITY; INLAND FISHERY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SUBSISTENCE;

ASIA; BOJI; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 1642504907     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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