The Chalcolithic Burial Cave in Ma'avarot, Israel, and its Palaeoanthropological Implications

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 431-443

  Agelarakis, Anagnostis P ^a   Paley, Samuel ^b   Porath, Yosef ^c   Winick, Jennifer ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Antiquities Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Chalcolithic; Epigenetic variation; Levant; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346397801     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199811/12)8:6<431::aid-oa439>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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