Raising girls and boys in early China: Stable isotope data reveal sex differences in weaning and childhood diets during the eastern Zhou era

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Raising girls and boys in early China: Stable isotope data reveal sex differences in weaning and childhood diets during the eastern Zhou era

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Objectives Using stable isotope analysis of incremental dentin segments, we reconstruct breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood dietary patterns of Eastern Zhou period (771-221 BC) individuals from the Central Plains of China. Previous isotopic research on the Eastern Zhou demonstrated dietary difference between male and female diets in adulthood via bone collagen analysis. To understand the development of gendered dietary patterns we must examine the early life period. We aim to identify the t...

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2020-08

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Miller, Melanie J. / Dong, Yu / Pechenkina, Kate / Fan, Wenquan / Halcrow, Sian E.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/18401

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Anthropology / Evolutionary Biology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Science & Technology

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