Stable Isotope Analysis of Diet-based Social Differentiation at Late Prehistoric Collective Burials in South-Western Portugal

Archaeometry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-151

  Waterman, A J ^a,d   Tykot, R H ^b   Silva, A M ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective burials; Copper Age; Diet; Neolithic; Portugal; Social complexity; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SOCIAL STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84957577905     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12159     Document Type: Article

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