Harris lines in the prehispanic population of gran canaria (canary islands)

Human Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Velasco Vazquez J ^a   Martin Rodriguez E ^a   Arnay De La Rosa, M ^b   Gonzalez Reimers E ^c   Castilla Garcia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c Universitario de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Harris lines transverse; Lines paleonutrition prehispanic

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548945338     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: 1824310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02440154     Document Type: Article

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