Health status of the Neolithic population of Alepotrypa Cave, Greece

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-390

  Papathanasiou, Anastasia ^a  

^a Ephorate Paleoanthropology S   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alepotrypa Cave; Anemia; Dental health; Mortality; Neolithic Greece; Paleopathology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; GREECE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL FRACTURE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANEMIA; BONE AND BONES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOSSILS; FRACTURES, BONE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TOOTH;

EID: 15244350319     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20140     Document Type: Article

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