Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
Abstract Past fish provenance, exploitation and trade patterns were studied by analyzing phosphate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18OPO4) of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) tooth enameloid from archaeological sites across the southern Levant, spanning the entire Holocene. We report the earliest evi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32468-1 |