Exploring the Mesolithic and neolithic transition in Croatia through Isotopic investigations

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 327, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Lightfoot, E ^a   Boneva, B ^a   Miracle, P T ^a   Slaus M ^b   O'Connell, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Balkans; Croatia; Diet; Mesolithic; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951896671     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00067442     Document Type: Article

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