A bioarchaeological perspective on the history of violence

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2001, Pages 573-596

  Walker, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Prehistoric homicide; Skeletal trauma; Warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038031810     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.30.1.573     Document Type: Article

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