Stable isotope analysis of human and animal remains from the Late Upper Palaeolithic site of Balma Guilanyà, southeastern Pre-Pyrenees, Spain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1018-1026

  Garcia Guixe E ^a   Martinez Moreno J ^a   Mora, R ^a   Nunez M ^b   Richards, M P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late Upper Palaeolithic; Palaeodiets; Pre Pyrenees; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOMINID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 59349086441     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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