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

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|73|282|891-897

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.73, Iss.282, 1999-12, pp. : 891-897

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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.