Diet-derived variations in radiocarbon and stable isotopes: A case study from shag river mouth, New Zealand

Radiocarbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-375

  Higham, Thomas ^a   Anderson, Atholl ^b   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^a   Tompkins, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 28244499272     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: 00338222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200035141     Document Type: Article

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