Dental variation among four prehispanic Mexican populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-246

  Haydenblit, Rebeca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dental morphological traits; Dental variation; Mesoamerican Indians

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DENTITION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEXICO; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION; TOOTH;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCISOR; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 0029931184     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199606)100:2<225::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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