Isotope and faunal evidence for high levels of freshwater fish consumption by Late Glacial humans at the Late Upper Palaeolithic site of Šandalja II, Istria, Croatia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-212

  Richards, M P ^a,b   Karavanic I ^c   Pettitt, P ^d   Miracle, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Isotopes; Late Upper Palaeolithic; Palaeodiet

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAUNA; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOLITHIC; PROTEIN;

CROATIA; ISTRIA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84934925536     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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