Paleodiet reconstruction of Bronze Age Siberians from the mortuary site of Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, Lake Baikal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 663-674

  Katzenberg, M Anne ^a   Goriunova, Olga ^b   Weber, Andrzej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Fish; Fishers; Hunter gatherers; Lake Baikal; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CEMETERY; CULTURAL HISTORY; DIET; HUNTER-GATHERER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149308459     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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