Shape-adjusted bone mineral density measurements in baboons: Other factors explain primate skeletal element representation at Swartkrans

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-583

  Carlson, Kristian J ^a   Pickering, Travis Rayne ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photon densitometry; Primate; Shape adjusted bulk bone mineral density; Swartkrans; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENSITY; MINERAL; PRIMATE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842681553     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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