Pastoral land-use of the Indus Civilization in Gujarat: Faunal analyses and biogenic isotopes at Bagasra

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Chase, Brad ^a   Meiggs, David ^b   Ajithprasad, P ^c   Slater, Philip A ^d  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic isotopes; Carbon; Indus civilization; Land use; Mortality profiles; Oxygen; Pastoralism; South Asia; Strontium; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CIVILIZATION; ENAMEL; FAUNA; FORAGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PASTORALISM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BRONZE AGE; CARBON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; OXYGEN; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STRONTIUM; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84904364297     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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