Paracondylar Process: Manifestation of an Occipital Vertebra

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Anderson, T ^a  

^a CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial caudal shifting; Manifestation of an occipital vertebra; Medieval canterbury; Paracondylar process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007105464     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199603)6:2<195::aid-oa252>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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