What can we make of these fragments? Excavation at 'Mamilla' cave, Byzantine period, Jerusalem

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-38

  Nagar, Yossi ^a,b   Taitz, Cecil ^b   Reich, Ronny ^a  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Byzantine Israel; Paleopathology; Skeletal population; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039104880     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199901/02)9:1<29::AID-OA456>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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