Dental microwear from Natufian hunter-gatherers and early neolithic farmers: Comparisons within and between samples

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-319

  Mahoney, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Facet nine; Functional morphology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTITION; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; SKELETON; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEODONTOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 33744995324     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20311     Document Type: Article

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