The olmec heart effigy: earliest image of the human heart

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 348-361

  Bendersky, Gordon ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PAINTING;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; HEART; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; MEXICO; PAINTINGS; SCULPTURE;

EID: 0031086621     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1997.0052     Document Type: Article

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