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Population and demography
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Population and demography
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Series:
World Archaeology
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Volume:
30 (2)
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Journal
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Editor:
Stephen J Shennan
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Issue Editor:
Stephen J Shennan
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Routledge Journals
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1998
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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07 Nov 2005
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Using stable nitrogen-isotope ratios to study weaning behaviour in past populations
Mark R Schurr
327 - 342
stable nitrogen-isotope ratios of prehistoric bone proteins were studied as a method for reconstructing the weaning patterns of archaeological populations. A demographic measure of fertility (the D30+/DS+ ratio) was compared with age-related changes in stable nitrogen-isotope ratios for human burials from one historic cemetery and two prehistoric ones (North American data). The stable nitrogen-isotope ratios showed that each population had a characteristic and distinctive combination of weaning time and rate, and that neither the timing nor tempo of weaning was clearly correlated with the demographic measure of fertility. The author argues that these results demonstrate the feasibility of using stable nitrogen-isotope ratios to compare weaning patterns and fertility in past populations, and that this example shows that the relationship between fertility and weaning behaviour is complex