Musculoskeletal Stress Markers in Natufian Hunter-Gatherers and Neolithic Farmers in the Levant: The Upper Limb

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-315

  Eshed, Vered ^a   Gopher, Avi ^a   Galili, Ehud ^b   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal stress markers; Natufian hunter gatherer populations; Neolithic farmers; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1942518761     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10312     Document Type: Article

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