Brief communication: Physiological stress in the Florida archaic - Enamel hypoplasia and patterns of developmental insult in early north American hunter-gatherers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-356

  Berbesque, J Colette ^a   Doran, G H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Hunter gatherers; LEH; Windover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOMETRY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 46049116462     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20816     Document Type: Article

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