Multivariate comparisons of female cranial series from the Ryukyu Islands and Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-211

  Pietrusewsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodistance studies; Craniometry; Japan; Ryukyus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION; SKULL;

EID: 12444273305     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.03107     Document Type: Article

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