Stable isotope analysis on human remains from the final Early Holocene in the southern Puna of Argentina: The case of Peñas de las Trampas 1.1

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Galván, Violeta Killian ^a   Martínez, Jorge ^b   Cherkinsky, Alexander ^c   Mondini, Mariana ^d   Panarello, Héctor ^a  

^a Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aridity; Breastfeeding; Early Holocene; Hunter gatherers; Palaeodiet; Puna; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959353216     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1749631415Y.0000000019     Document Type: Article

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