Probing dietary change of the Kwäda{ogonek}y Dän Ts'ìnchi{ogonek} individual, an ancient glacier body from British Columbia: II. Deconvoluting whole skin and bone collagen δ13C values via carbon isotope analysis of individual amino acids

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-18

  Corr, Lorna T ^a   Richards, Michael P ^b   Grier, Colin ^c   Mackie, Alexander ^d   Beattie, Owen ^e   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d British Columbia Archaeology Branch   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Bone; Carbon isotopes; Collagen; GC C IRMS; Glacier corpse; Palaeodietary reconstruction; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIETARY SHIFT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 53749086678     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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