An investigation into diet at the site of yarnton, oxfordshire, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-322

  Lightfoot, Emma ^a   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a   Stevens, Rhiannon E ^a   Hamilton, Julie ^b   Hey, Gill ^c   Hedges, Robert E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CEMETERY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YARNTON;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 67651177977     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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