Prehistoric dietary adaptations among hunter-fisher-gatherers from the Little Sea of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian Federation

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2612-2626

  Katzenberg, M Anne ^a   McKenzie, Hugh G ^b   Losey, Robert J ^c   Goriunova, Olga I ^d   Weber, Andrzej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asia; Fishing; Hunter gatherers; Stable carbon isotopes; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DIET; FISHING COMMUNITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREHISTORIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CISBAIKALIA; IRKUTSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LAKE BAIKAL; OLKHON ISLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84862235228     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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