The reconstruction of mammal individual history: refining high-resolution isotope record in bovine tooth dentine

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1177-1187

  Zazzo, Antoine ^a,b   Balasse, Marie ^c   Patterson, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dentine; Dietary reconstruction; Intra tooth profiles; Mammal; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENTITION; HISTORICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646754686     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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