Technical note: Interpreting stable carbon isotopes in human tooth enamel: An examination of tissue spacings from South Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-507

  Loftus, Emma ^a   Sealy, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bone apatite; coastal archeology; collagen; diet reconstruction; Later Stone Age; paleodiet

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CARBON 13; COLLAGEN;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENAMEL; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA;

APATITES; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PALEODONTOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857214911     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22012     Document Type: Article

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