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Seasonality Determination by Oxygen Isotopic Profile: A Reply to Bailey et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John S. Killingley*
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093

Abstract

A response is presented to the comment by Bailey et al. on the determination of seasonality of mollusk collecting using O-18 profiles of midden shells. Profiles were measured on two species of intertidal mollusks (Tegula funebralis and Collisella limatula) to provide further evidence for the applicability of the technique to seasonality studies.

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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1983

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