Paleogenetic and taphonomic analysis of human bones from Moa, Beirada, and Zé Espinho Sambaquis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 15-23

  Marinho, Anderson Nonato Do Rosario ^a   Miranda, Newton Cardoso ^b   Braz, Valéria ^c   Ribeiro dos Santos, Ândrea Kely ^a   De Souza, Sheila Maria Ferraz Mendonça ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

14C dating; mtDNA; Paleogenetics; Prehistory; Sambaqui; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33846412990     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006001000004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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