A preliminary carbon and nitrogen isotopic investigation of bone collagen from skeletal remains recovered from a Pre-Columbian burial site, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-84

  Buhay, W M ^a   Chinique de Armas, Y ^d   Rodriguez Suarez R ^d   Arredondo, C ^d   Smith, D G ^c   Armstrong, S D ^b   Roksandic, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; BONE COLLAGEN; CARBON AND NITROGEN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MARINE RESOURCES; PRELIMINARY STUDIES; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES;

BONE; COLLAGEN; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PUBLIC WORKS;

NUTRITION;

ADULT; BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CEMETERY; COLLAGEN; DIET; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MIDDEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CUBA; MATANZAS;

EID: 84876345651     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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