Radiocarbon and stable isotope investigations at the Central Rhineland sites of Gönnersdorf and Andernach-Martinsberg, Germany

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-148

  Stevens, Rhiannon E ^a   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a   Hedges, Robert E M ^b   Street, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone collagen; Carbon; Federmessergruppen; Late Glacial; Magdalenian; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIATUS; LATE GLACIAL; NITROGEN; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINELAND;

EQUIDAE;

CARBON; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BONE AND BONES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; GERMANY; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 68049098027     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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