Stable isotope palaeodietary study of humans and fauna from the multi-period (Iron Age, Viking and Late Medieval) site of Newark Bay, Orkney

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-131

  Richards, M P ^a,b   Fuller, B T ^c,d   Molleson, T I ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late Medieval; Orkney; Palaeodiet; Pictish; Viking Age; Weaning; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIET; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDIEVAL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31144475064     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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