Muscle Marking Morphology and Labour Intensity in Prehistoric Khoisan Foragers

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 390-411

  Churchill, Steven E ^a   Morris, Alan G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hunters and gatherers; Musculoskeletal stress markers; Robusticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001261352     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(1998090)8:5<390::AID-OA435>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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