A new approach to sexual diagnosis in past populations. Practical adjustments from Van Vark's procedure

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-53

  Murail, Pascal ^a   Bruzek, Jaroslav ^a   Braga, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeological samples; Pelvic and extra pelvic methods; Posterior probabilities; Reliability; Sex diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013264299     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199901/02)9:1<39::AID-OA458>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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