Infant Taphonomy

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Guy, Hervé ^b   Masset, Claude ^b   Baud, Charles Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone minerals; Infant mortality; Palaeodemography; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010491809     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199705)7:3<221::AID-OA338>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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