"To the Land or to the Sea": Diet and Mobility in Early Medieval Frisia

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-277

  McManus, Ellen ^a   Montgomery, Janet ^b   Evans, Jane ^c   Lamb, Angela ^c   Brettell, Rhea ^d   Jelsma, Johan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Archeologisch Onderzoeks en Adviesbureau ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frisia; migration; palaeodiet; stable isotopes; terp

Indexed keywords

BONE; COASTAL ZONE; COLLAGEN; DIET; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDIEVAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84880607038     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2013.787565     Document Type: Article

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