Iron Age Diet at Glastonbury Lake Village: The isotopic evidence for negligible aquatic resource consumption

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-216

  Jay, Mandy ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; FISHING; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS; SUBSISTENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASTONBURY; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 41149098978     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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