Stable isotope analysis of dog, fox, and human diets at a Late Holocene Chumash village (CA-SRI-2) on Santa Rosa Island, California

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1385-1393

  Rick, Torben C ^a   Culleton, Brendan J ^b   Smith, Carley B ^b   Johnson, John R ^c   Kennett, Douglas J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Island ecology; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes; Urocyon littoralis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; C3 PLANT; CANID; CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; COLLAGEN; DIET; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA ROSA ISLAND [CHANNEL ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 79954630477     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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