Food for Rome: A stable isotope investigation of diet in the Imperial period (1st-3rd centuries AD)

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-38

  Killgrove, Kristina ^a   Tykot, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope analysis; Imperial rome; Millet; Nitrogen isotope analysis; Palaeodiet; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875240352     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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