Life conditions of a Roman Imperial Age population: Occupational stress markers and working activities in Lucus feroniae (Rome, 1st-2nd cent. AD)

Human Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-267

  Sperduti, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b L Pigorini Sez di Antropologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enthesopathies; Occupational stress markers; Osteoarthritis; Roman Imperial Age; Traumas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ROMAN;

EID: 0031350208     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02438179     Document Type: Article

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