A coprological view of ancestral pueblo cannibalism

American Scientist

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-261

  Reinhard, Karl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANTHROPOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; COPROLITE; CULTURE; DIABETES; FECES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745732958     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2006.59.996     Document Type: Article

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