From Sado Valley to Europe: Mesolithic dietary practices through different geographic distributions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 539-550

  Fontanals Coll, Maria ^a   Subirà, M Eulàlia ^a   Marín Moratalla, Nekane ^a   Ruiz, Jordi ^a   Gibaja, Juan Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Mesolithic; Palaeodiet; Portugal; Shell middens; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOLITHIC; MIDDEN; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE; SHELL;

PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; EUROPE; SADO BASIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931272976     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.028     Document Type: Article

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