An investigation of cattle birth seasonality using δ13C and δ18O profiles within first molar enamel

Archaeometry

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPLS1, 2014, Pages 208-236

  Towers, J ^a   Gledhill, A ^a   Bond, J ^a   Montgomery, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Carbon; Cattle; Isotope ratio analysis; Molar formation; Oxygen; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATTLE; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PREHISTORIC; SEASONALITY;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84903594027     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12055     Document Type: Article

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