Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in hum
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Wright, Lori E.; Schwarcz, Henry P.
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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This paper investigates the utility of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in human dental enamel to reveal patterns of breastfeeding and weaning in prehistory. Enamel preserves a record of childhood diet that can be studied in adult skeletons. Comparing different teeth, we used ␦ 13 C to document the