Stable carbon (13C) and nitrogen (15N) isotope abundances in collagen of the mammoth of Mezhyrich (Epigravettian, Ukraine): Palaeoecological implications;Isotopes stables (13C, 15N) du collagène des mammouths de Mezhyrich (Epigravettien, Ukraine): Implications paléoécologiques

Anthropologie (France)

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 504-517

  Drucker, Dorothée G ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Péan, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Collagen; Epigravettian; Mammuthus primigenius; Mezhyrich; Nitrogen 15

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAMMOTH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE;

UKRAINE;

CANIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 84919617431     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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