Subsistence and social change in central Eurasia: Stable isotope analysis of populations spanning the Bronze Age transition

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 525-538

  Ventresca Miller, Alicia ^a,b   Usmanova, Emma ^c   Logvin, Viktor ^d   Kalieva, Saule ^d   Shevnina, Irina ^e   Logvin, Andrei ^e   Kolbina, Alina ^f   Suslov, Aleksander ^g   Privat, Karen ^h   Haas, Katherine ^a   Rosenmeier, Michael ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c BUKETOV KARAGANDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^d Surgut State Technical University   (Russian Federation)

^e A Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University   (Kazakhstan)

^f Kostanay Regional Local History Museum   (Kazakhstan)

^g Lisakovsk Museum of the History and Culture of the Upper Tobol Region   (Kazakhstan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ Paul C Rizzo Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Andronovo; Bronze Age; Central Asia; Diet; Dietary reconstruction; Eurasia; Kazakhstan; Pastoralism; Petrovka; Sintashta; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIET; HOMOGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PASTORALISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE;

CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 84892497311     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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