Biogeochemical Approaches to Paleodietary Analysis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ambrose, Stanley H. (Editor), Katzenberg, M. Anne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science ; 5
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.

Table of Contents:

• Bone Chemistry, Food and History: A Case Study from 19th Century Upper Canada
• Diet and Animal Husbandry of the Preclassic Maya at Cuello, Belize: Isotopic and Zooarchaeological Evidence
• An Overview of Causes for Stable Isotopic Variations in Past European Human Populations: Environmental, Ecophysiological, and Cultural Effects
• Preservation of Isotopic Signals (13C, 15N)_in Pleistocene Mammals
• Preservation of Biogenic Carbon Isotopic Signals in Plio-Pleistocene Bone and Tooth Mineral
• Tooth Oxygen Isotope Ratios As Paleoclimate Monitors In Arid Ecosystems
• Quantifying Histological and Chemical Preservation in Archaeological Bone
• The Use and Abuse of Trace Elements for Paleodietary Research
• Modeling Protein Diagenesis in Ancient Bone: Towards a Validation of Stable Isotope Data
• Some Biochemical Aspects of Carbon Isotopic Paleodiet Studies
• “Consider a Spherical Cow ?” — on Modeling and Diet
• Controlled Diet and Climate Experiments on Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Rats.