Comparing levels of subsistence stress amongst norse settlers in Iceland and Greenland using levels of bone fat exploitation as an indicator

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-128

  Outram, Alan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone grease; Bone marrow; Fat; Greenland; Iceland; Norse; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944482646     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2003.8.2.119     Document Type: Article

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