Compound-specific stable carbon isotopic detection of pig product processing in British Late Neolithic pottery

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 313, 2007, Pages 743-754

  Mukherjee, Anna J ^a   Berstan, Robert ^a   Copley, Mark S ^a   Gibson, Alex M ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological chemistry; Britain; Fatty acids; Grooved Ware; Neolithic; Pigs; Residues; Ruminants; TAGs

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NEOLITHIC; PIG; PROCESSING; RUMINANT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34848843496     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00095703     Document Type: Article

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