Reconstructing Late Bronze Age diet in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 614-620

  Petroutsa, Eirini I ^a,b   Manolis, Sotiris K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72649100108     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.026     Document Type: Article

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