Early holocene human skeletal remains from Santana do Riacho, Brazil: Implications for the settlement of the New World

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-42

  Neves, Walter Alves ^a   Prous, André ^b   González José, Rolando ^c   Kipnis, Renato ^a   Powell, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Burials; Lagoa santa; Mahalanobis distances; Paleoindians; Peopling of the Americas; Principal components analysis; Skeletal analysis; South America

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PREHISTORIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BRAZIL; LAGOA SANTA PLATEAU; SANTANA DO RIACHO;

LAGOA;

EID: 0141681869     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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