Stable isotope analysis of white-tailed deer teeth as a paleoenvironmental proxy at the Maya site of La Joyanca, northwestern Petén, GuatemalaFootnote^*

* Originally presented at the Stable Isotope Summer School 2018 ‘Stable isotopes in ancient and contemporary environments’, 15–19 April 2018, University of Konstanz, Germany.

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