Oxygen isotopic composition of limpet shells from the Beagle Channel: Implications for seasonal studies in shell middens of Tierra del Fuego

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1738-1748

  Colonese, André Carlo ^a   Verdún Castelló, Ester ^b   Álvarez, Myrian ^c   Briz i Godino, Ivan ^d,e   Zurro, Débora ^a   Salvatelli, Lorena ^c  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beagle Channel; Hunter gatherer fishers; Littoral social dynamic; Nacella deaurata and Nacella magellanica; Seasonal exploitation; Shell oxygen isotope records

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELL; SNAIL; TAXONOMY;

BEAGLE CHANNEL; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; NACELLA DEAURATA; NACELLA MAGELLANICA;

EID: 84860645046     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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