Bone mineral density and survival of elements and element portions in the bones of the Crow Creek massacre victims

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-528

  Willey, P ^a   Galloway, Alison ^b   Snyder, Lynn ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Crow Creek site; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031467152     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199712)104:4<513::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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