'Parry' Fractures and Female-directed Interpersonal Violence: Implications from the Late Archaic Period of West Tennessee

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-91

  Smith, Maria O ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaic period; Craniofacial trauma; Interpersonal violence; Parry fractures; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002488318     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199601)6:1<84::AID-OA262>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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