Patterns of prehistoric boar Sus scrofa domestication, and inter-islands pig trading across the East China Sea, as determined by carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 91-102

  Minagawa, Masao ^a   Matsui, Akira ^b   Ishiguro, Naotaka ^c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Bone collagen; Pig domestication; Ryukyu Islands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DOMESTICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREHISTORIC;

EAST CHINA SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 18444404630     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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