Dear Anna,
Jessica Pearson at Liverpool University has carried out extensive carbon
and nitrogen isotope analysis in the Near East. She has a few papers
published on this topic and more on the way. Her e-mail address is
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Best wishes
Rhiannon
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Dr Rhiannon Stevens
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
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On Feb 26 2008, anna russell wrote:
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> Dear Zooarch, I am currently working the animal bones from a late
> Neolithic site in Syria (Tell Sabi Abyad) and I was hoping to undertake a
> stable isotope study as part of my research . The initial idea was to
> look at carbon and nitrogen isotopes in order to look at diet. 21 sheep
> distal humeri were analysed in a preliminary study. Unfortunately the
> collagen preservation was very bad, so bad in fact that no further
> analysis could be untaken for many of the bones. This has left the
> isotope study in some difficulty. Although more samples will be collected
> this year during fieldwork the outlook for collagen preservation does not
> bode well! Do any of you know of successful stable isotope research being
> carried out on bone material from Near Eastern sites? Does anyone have
> any tips or advice? Any help would be much appreciated. Anna
>
>Anna Russell
>PhD Researcher Archaeozoology
>Tell Sabi Abyad Project
>Faculty of Archaeology
>Universiteit Leiden
>P.O. Box 9515
>2300RA Leiden
>The Netherlands
>
>+31 (0)71 527 22 79
>
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