Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of hunter-gatherers from the: Coleman site, a Late Prehistoric cemetery in Central Texas

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1369-1381

  Mauldin, Raymond P ^a   Hard, Robert J ^a   Munoz, Cynthia M ^a   Rice, Jennifer L Z ^b   Verostick, Kirsten ^a   Potter, Daniel R ^c   Dollar, Nathanael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone apatite; Bone collagen; Hunteregatherers; Mate exchange; Stable isotopes; Texas

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; HUNTER-GATHERER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883400817     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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