Biomolecular and micromorphological analysis of suspected faecal deposits at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1869-1877

  Shillito, Lisa Marie ^a   Bull, Ian D ^b   Matthews, Wendy ^a   Almond, Matthew J ^a   Williams, James M ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Burial; Coprolite; atalh y k; Micromorphology; Midden; Organic residue analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; COPROLITE; INCLUSION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MIDDEN; NEOLITHIC; ORGANIC RESIDUE ROCK; RUMINANT; STEROL;

TURKEY;

EID: 79958703056     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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