Same island, different diet: Cultural evolution of food practice on Öland, Sweden, from the Mesolithic to the Roman Period

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-543

  Eriksson, Gunilla ^a   Linderholm, Anna ^a   Fornander, Elin ^a   Kanstrup, Marie ^a   Schoultz, Pia ^a   Olofsson, Hanna ^a   Lidén, Kerstin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Baltic Sea; Bronze Age; Food culture; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Radiocarbon; Roman Period; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349117077     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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