Osteological evidence for the Battles of Zürich, 1799: A glimpse into soldiery of the past

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-257

  Meyer, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Battle of Z rich; Gunshot wounds; Palaeopathology; Pipe smoking; Scheuermann's disease; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844366782     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.683     Document Type: Article

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