BEYOND LIFETIME AVERAGES - TRACING LIFE-HISTORIES THROUGH ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT CALCIFIED TISSUES FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN SKELETONS

Authors
SEALY J ARMSTRONG R SCHRIRE C
Citation
J. Sealy et al., BEYOND LIFETIME AVERAGES - TRACING LIFE-HISTORIES THROUGH ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT CALCIFIED TISSUES FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN SKELETONS, Antiquity, 69(263), 1995, pp. 290-300
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
69
Issue
263
Year of publication
1995
Pages
290 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1995)69:263<290:BLA-TL>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Stable-isotopic analyses of human bone, now an established aid to diet ary reconstruction in archaeology, represent the diet as averaged over many years. Separate analysis of different skeletal components enable s changes in diet and place of residence to be tracked, giving a fulle r life-history for long-dead individuals.