A complex Neolithic economy: Isotope evidence for the circulation of cattle and sheep in the TRB of western Sweden

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 690-704

  Sjogren K G ^a   Price, T Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cattle; Economy; Falbygden; Mobility; Neolithic; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CATTLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHEEP; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867912781     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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