Brackish water foraging: Isotopic landscapes and dietary reconstruction in Suisun Marsh, Central California

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3270-3281

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Mackie, Madeline ^a,b   Bartelink, Eric J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Brackish water estuaries; Central California; Collagen; Isoscapes; San Francisco Estuary; Stable isotopes; Suisun Marsh

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE; BRACKISH WATER; COLLAGEN; ESTUARY; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; PALEOBOTANY; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SUISUN MARSH; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878350252     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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