Ethnic identity, biological history and dental morphology: Evaluating the indigenous status of Maharashtra's Mahars

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 285, 2000, Pages 671-681

  Hemphill, Brian E ^a   Lukacs, John R ^b   Walimbe, Subhash R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Biological affinities; Dental morphology; Gond; Identity; India; Mahar; Maharashtra; Maratha

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006655962     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00060051     Document Type: Article

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