Stone-age subsistence strategies at Lake Burtnieks, Latvia

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 17, Issue , 2018, Pages 992-1006

  Meadows, John ^a,b   Bērziņš, Valdis ^c   Legzdiņa, Dardega ^c   Lübke, Harald ^a   Schmölcke, Ulrich ^a   Zagorska, Ilga ^c   Zariņa, Gunita ^c  

^a Archaeozoological Research Unit   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Aquatic food resources; Dietary reconstruction; Latvia; Radiocarbon reservoir effect; Stable isotope; Subsistence; Zvejnieki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963946804     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.042     Document Type: Article

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