Late pleistocene/holocene craniofacial morphology in mesoamerican paleoindians: Implications for the peopling of the new world

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 772-780

  González José, Rolando ^a,g,h   Neves, Walter ^b   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^c   González, Silvia ^d   Pucciarelli, Héctor ^e,g   Hernández Martínez, Miquel ^a   Correal, Gonzalo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^g Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^h CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Craniometrics; Early Holocene crania; Settlement of Americas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CRANIOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO;

EID: 28544447707     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20165     Document Type: Article

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