Shellfish, Seasonality, and Stable Isotope Sampling: δ18O Analysis of Mussel Shells From an 8,800-Year-Old Shell Midden on California's Channel Islands

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-189

  Jew, Nicholas P ^a   Erlandson, Jon M ^a   Watts, Jack ^a,b   White, Frances J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Mytilus californianus; San Miguel Island; stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL ZONE; GROWTH RATE; MUSSEL CULTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SHELLFISH; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN MIGUEL ISLAND [CHANNEL ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880608288     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2012.736917     Document Type: Article

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