Environmental context of the Magdalenian settlement in the Jura Mountains using stable isotope tracking ( 13C, 15N, 34S) of bone collagen from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Quaternary International

Volumn 272-273, Issue , 2012, Pages 322-332

  Drucker, D G ^a   Bridault, A ^b   Cupillard, C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Inrap)   (France)

^c Service régional de l'Archéologie de France Comté   (France)

^d université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

JURA MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS SP.; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84865372985     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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