Forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology in the American anthropologist: Rare but exquisite gems

American Anthropologist

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-52

  Buikstra, Jane E ^a   King, Jason L ^a   Nystrom, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Funerary archaeology; Paleodemography; Paleopathology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037349409     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2003.105.1.38     Document Type: Article

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