Olmec sculptures of the human fetus

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-332

  Täte, Carolyn ^a,b   Bendersky, Gordon ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ART; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEXICO;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FETUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HUMAN; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MEXICO; SCULPTURE;

EID: 0033278261     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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