Isotopic dietary reconstruction of humans from Middle Bronze Age Lerna, Argolid, Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3028-3034

  Triantaphyllou, S ^a   Richards, M P ^b,c   Zerner, C ^d   Voutsaki, S ^e  

^a Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d American School of Classical Studies   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet reconstruction; Lerna; Middle Bronze Age; Stable isotope analysis; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; DIET; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; WEANING;

ARGOLIDHOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LERNA; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49849104116     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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