Variability in stable isotope ratios in two Late-Final Jomon communities in the Tokai coastal region and its relationship with sex and ritual tooth ablation

Anthropological Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-181

  Kusaka, Soichiro ^a   Ikarashi, Takeyuki ^a   Hyodo, Fujio ^b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^c   Katayama, Kazumichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Jomon period; Prehistoric subsistence; Ritual tooth ablation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949130306     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070703     Document Type: Article

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