Geographic origins and dietary transitions during the bronze age in the oman peninsula

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-369

  Gregoricka, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; oxygen; paleodiet; residential mobility; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; OMAN;

CARBON; OXYGEN; PALEODIET; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SHEEP; SWINE; TOOTH; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84885956732     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22360     Document Type: Article

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