Evaluating marine diets through radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis of victims of the AD79 eruption of vesuvius

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-352

  Craig, Oliver E ^a   Bondioli, Luca ^b   Fattore, Luciano ^c   Higham, Tom ^d   Hedges, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Soprintendenza al Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini   (Italy)

^c ARCA Sas   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMS; collagen; Herculaneum; paleodiet; Roman

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN 15;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MACRONUTRIENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SHEEP; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMS; COLLAGEN; HERCULANEUM; PALEODIET; ROMAN;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; ROMAN WORLD; SEAFOOD; SHEEP; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84885949024     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22352     Document Type: Article

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