Herodotus and the cannibals

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 284, 2000, Pages 388-394

  Murphy, E M ^b   Mallory, J P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aymyrlyg; Cannibalism; Funerary rites; Herodotus; Palaeopathology; Siberia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039337372     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059470     Document Type: Article

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