Diet in the Iron Age cemetery population at Wetwang Slack, East Yorkshire, UK: Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 653-662

  Jay, Mandy ^a   Richards, Michael P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chariot; Collagen; Diet; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes; Wetwang

Indexed keywords

DIET; IRON AGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644514051     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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