Mortality Profiles as Indicators of Slowed Reproductive Rates: Evidence from Ancient Egypt

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-343

  Sterling, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Predynastic; Dynastic; Nile river, pyramids; bet hedging; mortality profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347504764     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1999.0344     Document Type: Article

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