Brief communication: Diachronic investigation of linear enamel hypoplasia in prehistoric skeletal samples from Trentino, Italy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Cucina, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Copper Age; Early Bronze Age; Enamel hypoplasia; Neolithic; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HUMAN; ITALY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON;

DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 0036838394     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10135     Document Type: Article

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