Exploitation of domestic mammals in the Eastern Pyrenees during the Neolithic human dietary patterns at the site of Montou (Corbères-les- Cabanes, france) using bone collagen stable isotopes (δ13c, δ15n)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Bras Goude, G Le ^a   Claustre, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b Maison de la Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diet; Isotope; Neolithic; Nitrogen; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

BONE; CANID; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DIET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 73849106291     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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