Dietary reconstruction and reservoir correction of 14C dates on bones from pagan and early Christian graves in Iceland

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 682-696

  Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árný E ^a   Heinemeier, Jan ^b   Arneborg, Jette ^c   Lynnerup, Niels ^d   Ólafsson, Gudmundur ^e   Zoëga, Gudný ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Pjoominjasafn Islands   (Iceland)

^f Skagafjordur Heritage Museum   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ICELAND;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78049286305     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200045707     Document Type: Article

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