Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1681-1688

  King, Charlotte L ^a   Bentley, R Alexander ^b   Tayles, Nancy ^c   Vidarsdóttir, Una Strand ^a   Nowell, Geoff ^a   Macpherson, Colin G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ban Non Wat; Carbon; Diet; Jar burial; Oxygen; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RICE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

MUN RIVER; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84871734771     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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