Diet and mobility in early medieval bavaria: A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-249

  Hakenbeck, Susanne ^a   McManus, Ellen ^b   Geisler, Hans ^c   Grupe, Gisela ^d   O'Connell, Tamsin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ludwig Maximilians Univisität München ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altenerding; Artificial skull modification; Exogamy; Straubing bajuwarenstrasse

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE AGES; MIGRATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BURIAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; PANICUM; SKULL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE;

EID: 77956633265     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21309     Document Type: Article

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