Isotopic Palaeodiet Studies Of Ancient Egyptian Fauna And Humans
A REVIEW OF ALEXANDRA H. THOMPSON, MICHAEL RICHARDS,
ANDREW SHORTLAND AND SONIA ZAKRZEWSKI's
"ISOTOPIC PALAEODIET STUDIES OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAUNA AND HUMANS"
Joey Schwegel
The Journal of Archaeological Science (March, 2005) presented the study conducted by Alexandra Thompson, Michael Richards, Andrew Shortland and Sonia Zakrewski titled "Isotopic palaeodiet studies of Ancient Egyptian fauna and humans". The researchers noted in their introduction that "Egypt is one of the most intensively studied cultures in the world." (Thompson 2006: 451). They then note that studies of everyday food production may have been overlooked until recently. They acknowledge that there is an abundant source of information of foods and diet that cover later periods. The researchers propose that using carbon isotope ratios they may be able to generate data which will indicate the source and type food consumed by the inhabitants of Egypt prior to the period where other......
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