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A Neolithic revolution? New evidence of diet in the British Neolithic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. P. Richards  and
R. E. M. Hedges
M. P. Richards
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, England Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada V5A 1S6
R. E. M. Hedges
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, England
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Abstract

Were marine foods still a significant part of the diet in the Early and Middle Neolithic in Britain? This paper presents new evidence, from δ13C measurements of 78 radiocarbon-dated humans from 27 coastal and inland sites in England and Wales, for an apparent abandonment of the use of marine foods in the British Early and Middle Neolithic.

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MesolithicNeolithicBritainmarine foodsagricultureδ13C
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999 , pp. 891 - 897
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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