Adult stature and standard of living in the prehistoric Atacama Desert

Current Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-281

  Neves, Walter Alves ^a   Costa, Maria Antonieta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

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EID: 0001139728     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204727     Document Type: Article

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