Estimating weaning and early childhood diet from serial micro-samples of dentin collagen

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3101-3111

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Berget, Ada G ^a   Bartelink, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diet; Micro sampling; Stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BREASTFEEDING; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; PRIMATE; TOOTH; WEANING;

PRIMATES;

EID: 81155159781     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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