Exploring the relationship between weaning and infant mortality: An isotope case study from Aşikli Höyük and Çayönü Tepesi

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-457

  Pearson, J A ^a   Hedges, R E M ^b   Molleson, T I ^c   Ozbek M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; mortality; Neolithic; nitrogen isotopes; weaning

Indexed keywords

IRON; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEOLITHIC; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RIBS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY; WEANING;

EID: 78349275349     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21335     Document Type: Article

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