Warfare related trauma at Orendorf, a middle Mississippian site in west-central Illinois

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-64

  Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Skeletal biology; Warfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RITUAL; SKELETON; SKULL INJURY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOUND HEALING; HISTORY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42149130345     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20778     Document Type: Article

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