Radiocarbon and stable isotope evidence of dietary change from the mesolithic to the middle ages in the Iron Gates: New results from Lepenski Vir

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 293-300

  Bonsall, C ^a   Cook, G T ^b   Hedges, R E M ^c   Higham, T F G ^c   Pickard, C ^a   Radovanovic I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; COLLAGEN; GELATIN; NITROGEN 15; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DIET; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCHEOLOGY; BONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXTRACTION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILLET; NONHUMAN; RIVER; ROMANIA; SKELETON; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543087460     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200039606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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