Abstract
The paper discusses the possibility of using carbon isotope composition (ratio of 13 C /12 C ) and nitrogen isotope composition (ratio of 15 N /14 N ) for taxonomic diagnostics of animal bone remains from archaeological sites and other ancient deposits. The world literature pertaining to the use of stable-isotope analysis (SIA) in animal trophic ecology and methodological difficulties of work with subfossil material are reviewed. Several particular cases show a successful application of SIA for taxonomic identification of the archaeozoological remains, especially bones of brown and polar bears, large sea mammals and a few species of Anseriformes.
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