Multi-isotope analysis of the population of the lost medieval village of Auldhame, East Lothian, Scotland

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-777

  Lamb, Angela L ^a   Melikian, Melissa ^b   Ives, Rachel ^b   Evans, Jane ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b AOC ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DIET; BONE COLLAGEN; CARBON ISOTOPES; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL LOCATIONS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HIGH-NITROGEN; HUMAN REMAINS; ISOTOPE VALUES; LOW CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SCOTLAND; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

ANIMALS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84859873897     PISSN: 02679477     EISSN: 13645544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2ja10363j     Document Type: Article

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