Focus: sulphur isotope variation in archaeological marine fauna from northern Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1642-1646

  Craig, O E ^a   Ross, R ^b   Andersen, Søren H ^c   Milner, N ^d   Bailey, G N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Marine; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Stable isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLLAGEN; FAUNA; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746192201     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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