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Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Soils

Applications for Archaeological Research

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The most common use of stable carbon (C) and oxygen (O) isotopes in archaeology is to infer paleodiet, artifact provenance, and paleoenvironment (Herz, 1990; Herz and Garrison, 1998).

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Nordt, L.C. (2001). Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Soils. In: Goldberg, P., Holliday, V.T., Ferring, C.R. (eds) Earth Sciences and Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1183-0_15

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