Shifting gender relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-314

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Tayles, Nancy ^b   Higham, Charles ^b   Macpherson, Colin ^a   Atkinson, Tim C ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247896993     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512987     Document Type: Article

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