Brief communication: Unusual finding at Pueblo Bonito: Multiple cases of hyperostosis frontalis interna

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-484

  Mulhern, Dawn M ^a   Wilczak, Cynthia A ^b   Dudar, J Christopher ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaco Canyon; Frontal bone; Hyperostosis cranii; New Mexico

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NEW MEXICO; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746237810     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20396     Document Type: Article

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