Faecal biomarker and archaeobotanical analyses of sediments from a public latrine shed new light on ruralisation in Sagalassos, Turkey

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1143-1159

  Baeten, Jan ^a   Marinova, Elena ^a   de Laet, Véronique ^a   Degryse, Patrick ^a   de Vos, Dirk ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5 Stanols; Bile acids; Elemental analysis; Faecal biomarkers; GC MS; Latrine; Macrobotanic remains; Manure; Pollen; Ruralisation; Selected ion monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BIOMARKER; FECES; HOLOCENE; RURAL AREA; STRATIGRAPHY; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

BURDUR [TURKEY]; SAGALASSOS; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856398777     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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