Diet and status in Birka: Stable isotopes and grave goods compared

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 316, 2008, Pages 446-461

  Linderholm, Anna ^a   Jonson, Charlotte Hedenstierna ^a   Svensk, Olle ^a   Lidén, Kerstin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birka; Carbon; Diet; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes; Sulphur; Vikings

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749149193     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096939     Document Type: Article

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