Microevolution and the skeletal traits of a middle Archaic burial: Metric and multivariate comparison to Paleoindians and modern Amerindians

American Antiquity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-545

  Lovvorn, Marjorie Brooks ^a   Gill, George W ^a   Carlson, Gayle F ^b   Bozell, John R ^b   Steinacher, Terry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Nebraska State Historical Society   (United States)

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EID: 0006346128     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694150     Document Type: Review

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