Cranial evidence of pre-contact multiple population expansions in the Caribbean

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-298

  Ross, Ann H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Geometric morphometrics; Population migrations

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 4043086351     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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