Comparison of isotopic variability in proteinaceous tissues of a domesticated herbivore: A baseline for zooarchaeological investigation

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2601-2615

  Von Holstein, I C C ^a,d   Hamilton, J ^b   Craig, O E ^a   Newton, J ^c   Collins, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUTRITION; TISSUE;

BONE COLLAGEN; EXCHANGEABLE HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; N VALUE; S VALUES; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SKELETAL TISSUES; WOOL KERATINS; Δ+2$/H;

KERATIN;

CARBON; COLLAGEN; DEUTERIUM; KERATIN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SHEEP; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WOOL;

EID: 84886995397     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6725     Document Type: Article

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