Stable isotopic reconstructions of adult diets and infant feeding practices during urbanization of the city of Edo in 17th century Japan

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-569

  Tsutaya, Takumi ^a   Nagaoka, Tomohito ^b   Sawada, Junmei ^b   Hirata, Kazuaki ^b   Yoneda, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; fertility; palaeodiet; Tokugawa Japan; weaning

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; JAPAN; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; WEANING;

BREASTFEEDING; FERTILITY; PALAEODIET; TOKUGAWA JAPAN; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; URBANIZATION; WEANING;

EID: 84895919574     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22454     Document Type: Article

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