Stable isotope analysis of the middle helladic population from two cemeteries at Asine: Barbouna and the east cemetery

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Ingvarsson Sundstrom A ^a   Richards, M P ^b   Voutsaki, S ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asine; Bronze Age; Diet; Middle Helladic; Stable isotope analysis; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

ANIMAL PROTEINS; ASINE; BRONZE AGE; DIETARY PATTERNS; HIGH-NITROGEN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE HELLADIC; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; WEANING;

CARBON;

EID: 76449087928     PISSN: 11089628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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