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Exploring the Mesolithic and Neolithic transition in Croatia through isotopic investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Lightfoot ,
B. Boneva ,
P.T. Miracle ,
M. Šlaus  and
T.C. O'Connell
E. Lightfoot*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK
B. Boneva
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK
P.T. Miracle
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK
M. Šlaus
Affiliation:
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zrinski trg 11, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
T.C. O'Connell
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK
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The generalised picture of Mesolithic marine diet giving way to a Neolithic terrestrial diet, as derived from isotope measurements, has been both championed and challenged in this journal. Here new results from the Balkans offer a preliminary picture of a diversity of food strategy, both before and after the great transition.

Keywords

BalkansCroatiaMesolithicNeolithicdiet
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Antiquity , Volume 85 , Issue 327 , March 2011 , pp. 73 - 86
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2011

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