Exploring subsistence and cultural complexes on the south coast of Papua New: Guinea using palaeodietary analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 904-913

  Kinaston, Rebecca ^a   Buckley, Hallie ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a   Shaw, Ben ^b   Mandui, Herman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Museum and Art Gallery   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nebira; Nitrogen; Pacific islands; Stable isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BONE; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIET; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84880533429     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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