Integrating dental microwear and isotopic analyses to understand dietary change in east-central Mississippi

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-238

  Homes Hogue, S ^a   Melsheimer, Rebecca ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental microwear analysis; Diet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIETARY SHIFT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALABAMA; ARKANSAS; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37749035972     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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