This paper presents and discusses the results of a palaeodietary and AMS dating study of
burials from the Mesolithic sites of Téviec and Hoëdic, Brittany, France. In common with
other Mesolithic coastal populations in Europe, isotopic analysis demonstrates the
significant use of marine resources by the sites' inhabitants. Greater interest, however, is
provided by the inter-and intrasite details of the analysis. There is an unexpected difference
between the two sites, with the inhabitants of Hoëdic deriving 70 to 80% of their protein from …