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Stable Isotopes and Archaeology: A Bibliography

Schurr through Yesner

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Schurr, Mark 1998 Using stable nitrogen-isotopes to study weaning behavior in past populations. World Archaeology 30(2):327-342.

Tieszen, Larry L. and Tim Fagre 1993 Carbon isotopic variability in modern and archaeological maize. Journal of Archaeological Science 2025-40.

Tomczak, Paula D. 2003 Prehistoric diet and socioeconomic relationships within the Osmore Valley of southern Peru. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 22(3):262-278.

Van der Merwe, Nikolaas J. 1982 Carbon isotopes, photosynthesis, and archaeology. American Scientist 70596-606.

Van der Merwe, Nikolaas J., et al. 2003 The Moatfield ossuary: isotopic dietary analysis of an Iroquoian community, using dental tissue. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 22(3):245-261.

Vogel, J. C. and Nikolaas J. Van der Merwe 1977 Isotopic evidence for early maize cultivation in New York State. American Antiquity 42(2):238-242.

White, Christine D., Paul F. Healy, and Henry P. Schwarcz 1993 Intensive agriculture, social status, and Maya diet at Pacbitun, Belize. Journal of Anthropological Research 49:347-375.

Wright, Lori E. 2005 Identifying immigrants to Tikal, Guatemala: Defining local variability in strontium isotope ratios of human tooth enamel. Journal of Archaeological Science 32(4):555-566.

Yesner, David R., Maria J. Figuerero Torres, Ricardo A. Guichon , and Borrero Luis A. 2003 Stable isotope analysis of human bone and ethnohistoric subsistence patterns in Tierra del Fuego. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 22(3):279-291.

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