Is bioarchaeology a handmaiden to history? Developing a historical bioarchaeology

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 486-515

  Perry, Megan A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Byzantine Empire; Classical Near East; Historical bioarchaeology; Historiography; Non specific indicators of stress; Roman Empire; Skeletal trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548009101     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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