Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-137

  Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c   Julien, Marie Anne ^d,g,h,i   Kuitems, Margot ^e   Van Kolfschoten, Thijs ^e   Serangeli, Jordi ^d   Drucker, Dorothée G ^d   Bocherens, Hervé ^d,f   Conard, Nicholas J ^d  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁱ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Fossil accumulation; Germany; Horse; Mesowear; Microwear; Middle Pleistocene; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOSSIL; HORSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

GERMANY;

EQUIDAE;

CARBON; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; DIET; GERMANY; HORSE; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; GERMANY; HORSES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84962019009     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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