Stable carbon isotopes from Archaic human remains in the Chihuahuan Desert and central Texas

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 51, Issue 198, 2006, Pages 123-139

  Bousman, C Britt ^a   Quigg, Michael ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRC Companies   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaic; Diet; Lower Pecos; Stable isotopes; Texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750395410     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2006.010     Document Type: Article

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