Treponemal disease in the Middle Archaic to Early Woodland periods of the western Tennessee River Valley

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-217

  Smith, Maria Ostendorf ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunter collector; Sedentism; Treponematoses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTICATION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAMPLING; TREPONEMA; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BONE AND BONES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; PALEONTOLOGY; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748643392     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20427     Document Type: Article

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