Biochemical evidence of cannibalism at a prehistoric Puebloan site in southwestern Colorado

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6800, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Marlar, Richard A ^a,b   Leonard, Banks L ^c   Billman, Brian R ^c,d   Lambert, Patricia M ^e   Marlar, Jennifer E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Colorado Archaeological Society ^*  (United States)

^c Soil Systems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CANNIBALISM; COLORADO; COOKERY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MYOGLOBIN;

GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS;

EID: 0034618646     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35024064     Document Type: Article

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