The combined use of oxygen isotopes and microwear in sheep teeth to elucidate seasonal management of domestic herds: The case study of çatalhöyük, central Anatolia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3264-3276

  Henton, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Institute of Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; atalh y k; Dental microwear analysis; Herding mobility; Neolithic southwest Asia; Oxygen isotope analysis; Sheep behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BREEDING; ENAMEL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEEP; TOOTH;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84864386083     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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