Interpersonal violence at Lepenski Vir mesolithic/neolithic complex of the iron Gates Gorge (Serbia-Romania)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-348

  Roksandic, Mirjana ^a   Djurić, Marija ^b   Rakočevic, Zoran ^b   Seguin, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Mesolithic Neolithic transition; Prehistoric trauma; Prehistoric violence

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EUROPE; FARMING SYSTEM; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESOLITHIC NEOLITHIC TRANSITION; ROMANIA; SKULL FRACTURE; VIOLENCE; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33144474662     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20286     Document Type: Article

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