A Giant from Ostrów Lednicki (XII-XIII c), Dist. Lednogóra, Poland

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-172

  Gladykowska Rzeczycka, J J ^a   Smiszkiewicz Skwarska A ^b   Sokol A ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gigantism; Middle Ages; Morphology; Poland; Somatotrophia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040609496     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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