Diet and mobility in a late neolithic population of coastal oman inferred from radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-364

  Zazzo, Antoine ^a   Munoz, Olivia ^b   Saliège, Jean François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Inrap)   (France)

Author keywords

bioapatite; diagenesis; marine reservoir effect; paleodiet

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CARBON; CHARCOAL; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; BONE; CHEMISTRY; ENAMEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OMAN; PALEOLITHIC DIET; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEA FOOD;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; APATITES; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARCOAL; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET, PALEOLITHIC; FOOD HABITS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OMAN; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84893938902     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22434     Document Type: Article

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