Skeletal sex and gender in Merovingian mortuary archaeology

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 285, 2000, Pages 632-639

  Effros, Bonnie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cemeteries; DNA analysis; Gender; Merovingian archaeology; Osteology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039838612     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059998     Document Type: Article

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