The fish of Lake Titicaca: implications for archaeology and changing ecology through stable isotope analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-327

  Miller, Melanie J ^a   Capriles, José M ^b   Hastorf, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Carbon; Lipid extraction; Nitrogen; Paleoecology of Lake Titicaca; Prehistoric fish use; South America; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FISHING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

LAKE TITICACA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449712558     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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