Oxygen isotope composition of Sparidae (sea bream) tooth enamel from well-dated archaeological sites as an environmental proxy in the East Mediterranean: A case study from Tel Dor, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-53

  Sisma Ventura, G ^a   Zohar, I ^b   Sarkar, A ^c   Bhattacharyya, K ^c   Zidane, A ^a   Gilboa, A ^a   Bar Oz, G ^a   Sivan, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Iron Age; Oxygen isotope; Paleo environment; Sparidae; Tel Dor; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENAMEL; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ISRAEL;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARIDAE;

EID: 84944383339     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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