A health assessment of high status Christian burials recovered from the Roman-Byzantine archeological site of Elaiussa Sebaste, Turkey

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-190

  Paine, R R ^a   Vargiu, R ^b   Coppa, A ^b   Morselli, C ^c   Schneider, E E ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 34247531228     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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