Refining human palaeodietary reconstruction using amino acid δ15N values of plants, animals and humans

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 504-515

  Styring, Amy K ^a   Fraser, Rebecca A ^b   Arbogast, Rose Marie ^c   Halstead, Paul ^d   Isaakidou, Valasia ^b   Pearson, Jessica A ^e   Schäfer, Marguerita ^f   Triantaphyllou, Sevasti ^g   Valamoti, Soultana Maria ^g   Wallace, Michael ^c   Bogaard, Amy ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Bone collagen; Cereal grains; Nitrogen; Palaeodiet; 15N values

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BONE; COLLAGEN; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GERMANY; GREECE; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84918813334     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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