Uncovering a nineteenth-century typhoid epidemic at the Koffiefontein Mine, South Africa

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 306-318

  L'Abbe, Ericka N ^a   Henderson, Zöe L ^b   Loots, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burial patterns; Epidemic; Schmorl nodes; Skeletal analysis; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TYPHOID;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142197686     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824032000111443     Document Type: Article

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