Comparison of Two Methods of Estimating Age at Death in a Chilean Preceramic Population

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Ericksen, M F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Histological ageing; Morphological ageing; Preceramic Chileans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013216659     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199701)7:1<65::AID-OA317>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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