Environmental change and economic practices between the third and second millennia BC using isotope analyses of ovicaprid remains from the archeological site of Zambujal (Torres Vedras), Portugal

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 181-189

  Waterman, Anna J ^a   Lillios, Katina T ^b   Tykot, Robert H ^c   Kunst, Michael ^d  

^a MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copper Age; Diet; Environmental change; Fauna; Neolithic; Portugal; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947737793     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.017     Document Type: Article

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