Nitrogen isotopes and the trophic level of humans in archaeology

Journal of Archaeological Science - Tập 34 Số 8 - Trang 1240-1251 - 2007
R. E. M. Hedges1, Linda M. Reynard1
1Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK

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