Investigation of diachronic dietary patterns on the islands of Ibiza and formentera, Spain: Evidence from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 512-522

  Fuller, Benjamin T ^a,b   Márquez Grant, Nicholas ^c,d   Richards, Michael P ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Byzantine; Formentera; Ibiza; Islamic; palaeodiet; Prehistoric; Punic; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN;

ARCHEOLOGY; CHALCOLITHIC; CHRONOLOGY; DIET; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DIET; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPAIN;

EID: 78649512002     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21334     Document Type: Review

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