Oxygen isotope analysis of human bone phosphate evidences weaning age in archaeological populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 226-241

  Britton, Kate ^a,b   Fuller, Benjamin T ^a,c   Tütken, Thomas ^d,e   Mays, Simon ^f   Richards, Michael P ^a,g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioapatite; breastfeeding; Medieval; palaeoclimate; tooth

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; AGE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MINERALIZATION; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; STOICHIOMETRY; TRABECULAR BONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEANING; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIB; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYAPATITES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIBS; TOOTH; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929656089     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22704     Document Type: Article

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