Sealing, whaling and caribou: The skeletal isotope chemistry of Eastern Arctic foragers

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-57

  Coltrain, John Brenner ^a   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^b   O'Rourke, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Dorset; Kamarvik; Marine reservoir effect; Sadlermiut; Silumuit; Southampton Island; Stable carbon isotope ratio ( 13C); Stable nitrogen isotope ratio ( 15N); Thule

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HUNTING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WHALING;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

EID: 1642504916     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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