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Stable isotopes and faunal bones. Comments on Milner et al. (2004)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

R. Barberena  and
L.A. Borrero
R. Barberena
Affiliation:
Dipa-Imhicihu (Conicet), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Saavedra 15, 5°, Capital Federal, Repóblica Argentina (Email: ramidus28@fibertel.com.ar)
L.A. Borrero
Affiliation:
Dipa-Imhicihu (Conicet), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Saavedra 15, 5°, Capital Federal, Repóblica Argentina (Email: dipa.imhicihu@conicet.gov.ar)
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Abstract

The authors comment on ways of comparing the results of stable isotopes, on the one hand, and faunal remains, on the other, as evidence for diet

Keywords

Northern EuropeMesolithicNeolithicstable isotopesdiet
Type
Research Article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 79 , Issue 303 , March 2005 , pp. 191 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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