Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria: An interpretation of stable isotope values of faunal bone collagen

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 281-289

  van der Plicht, J ^a,b   Akkermans, P M M G ^b   Buitenhuis, H ^c   Kaneda, A ^b   Nieuwenhuyse, O ^b   Russell, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Archaeological Research and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BONE; DATA SET; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84873857328     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003382220004707x     Document Type: Article

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