Coupling tooth microwear and stable isotope analyses for palaeodiet reconstruction: The case study of Late Middle Pleistocene Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus teeth from Central Italy (Rome area)

Quaternary International

Volumn 126-128, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 153-170

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a,b   Filippi, M L ^b,c   Iacumin, P ^d   Longinelli, A ^d   Barbieri, M ^a,b   Maras, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ELEPHANT; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644253467     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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