Towards the use of radiocarbon as a dietary proxy: Establishing a first wide-ranging radiocarbon reservoir effects baseline for Germany

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-294

  Fernandes, Ricardo ^a,b   Rinne, Christoph ^a   Nadeau, Marie Josée ^a   Grootes, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient diets; Dietary proxies; Dietary tracers; Radiocarbon; Radiocarbon reservoir effects; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982291287     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000034     Document Type: Article

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