Water-related occupations and diet in two Roman coastal communities (Italy, first to third century AD): Correlation between stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values and auricular exostosis prevalence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-366

  Crowe, Fiona ^a   Sperduti, Alessandra ^b   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^c   Craig, Oliver E ^d   Kirsanow, Karola ^e   Germoni, Paola ^f   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^g,h   Garnsey, Peter ^c   Bondioli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Ostia   (Italy)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diet; Nitrogen; Roman Italy; Skeletal occupational markers

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN 15; SEA WATER;

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; COASTAL WATERS; COLD EXPOSURE; DEATH; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXOSTOSIS; EXTERNAL EAR; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEMETERIES; EAR DISEASES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EXOSTOSES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREVALENCE; ROMAN WORLD;

EID: 77953527619     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21229     Document Type: Article

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