Warfare and Mortality at Koger's Island, Alabama

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-75

  Bridges, Patricia S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Scalping; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005067321     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199601)6:1<66::AID-OA243>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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