Reconstructing the diets of Greek Byzantine populations (6th-15th centuries AD) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-581

  Bourbou, Chryssi ^a,b   Fuller, Benjamin T ^c,d   Garvie Lok, Sandra J ^e   Richards, Michael P ^c,f  

^a Hellenic Ministry of Culture   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Byzantine period; Greece; marine resources; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN; OIL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; GREEK BYZANTINE POPULATION; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MARINE SPECIES; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RACE; SARDINE; WHEAT; WINE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; BYZANTIUM; CEMETERIES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DIET; DOGS; FEMALE; FISHES; GREECE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; RUMINANTS; SWINE;

EID: 80855139561     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21601     Document Type: Article

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