Indicators of stress in prehistoric Jomon skeletal remains in Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 127-137

  Suzuki, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cribra orbitalia; Degenerative joint disease; Indicators of stress; Infection; Jomon people

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644448948     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.106.supplement_127     Document Type: Article

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