Preliminary attempt to distinguish the domesticated pigs from wild boars by the methods of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Hu, YaoWu ^a,b   Luan, FengShi ^c   Wang, ShouGong ^d   Wang, ChangSui ^b   Richards, Michael P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Inst of Cultural Relics/Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis; Differentiation of domesticated pigs from wild boars; Early stage of domestication; Millet agriculture; Origins of domestic pigs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE; FARM BUILDINGS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; NUTRITION;

CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIATION OF DOMESTICATED PIGS FROM WILD BOARS; EARLY STAGE OF DOMESTICATION; MILLET AGRICULTURE; ORIGINS OF DOMESTIC PIGS;

ISOTOPES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DOMESTICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MILLET; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PIG; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; SHANDONG;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 58549095053     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0151-z     Document Type: Article

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