Stable isotopic evidence of diet in a Greek colonial population from the Black Sea

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1205-1215

  Keenleyside, Anne ^a   Schwarcz, Henry ^b   Panayotova, Kristina ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Archaeology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Bulgaria; Carbon; Greece; Nitrogen; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; DIET; FAUNA; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE USE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

APOLLONIA;

EID: 33746839652     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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