Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis on the diet of Jomon populations from two coastal regions of Japan

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1968-1977

  Kusaka, Soichiro ^a   Hyodo, Fujio ^b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^c   Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Human bone collagen; Hunter gatherers; Jomon period; Nitrogen; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREHISTORIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIKAWA BAY; SETO INLAND SEA; TOKAI [AICHI];

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953961331     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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