Mobility and subsistence economy: A diachronic comparison between two groups settled in the same geographical area (Liguria, Italy)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-495

  Sparacello, Vitale ^a,b   Marchi, Damiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional geometry; Femur; Humerus; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMERUS; ITALY; JOB STRESS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGES; MOBILIZATION; NEOLITHIC; RELIABILITY;

EID: 47749101694     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20832     Document Type: Article

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