Bioarchaeological inferences from a neolithic ossuary from Alepotrypa Cave, Diros, Greece

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 210-228

  Papathanasiou, Anastasia ^a   Larsen, Clark Spencer ^b   Norr, Lynette ^c  

^a Greek Ministry of Culture   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Diet; Greece; Neolithic; Palaeopathology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013216665     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1212(200005/06)10:3<210::AID-OA523>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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