Stable isotope evidence for the consumption of millet and other plants in bronze age Italy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Tafuri, Mary Anne ^a   Craig, Oliver E ^b   Canci, Alessandro ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Italy; Millet; Prehistoric diet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BRONZE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MILLET; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PANICUM;

EID: 67049095832     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20955     Document Type: Article

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