Investigating seasonality and season of birth in past herds: A reference set of sheep enamel stable oxygen isotope ratios

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-368

  Balasse, M ^a   Obein, G ^b   Ughetto Monfrin, J ^a   Mainland, I ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18O; Orkney; Seasonality of birth; Sheep; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENAMEL; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONALITY; SHEEP; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857800876     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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