A biomechanical study of activity patterns in a medieval human skeletal assemblage

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-73

  Mays, Simon ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; England; Gender; Human skeletal remains; Medieval; Monasticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003134358     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199901/02)9:1<68::AID-OA468>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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