Trends in pig product processing at British Neolithic Grooved Ware sites traced through organic residues in potsherds

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2059-2073

  Mukherjee, Anna J ^a   Gibson, Alex M ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Cattle; Compound specific stable carbon isotope analysis; Grooved Ware; Lipid residue analysis; Pigs; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATTLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOLITHIC; PIG; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 43049170346     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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