A craniometric study of the 20th century Venda

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 183, 2006, Pages 19-25

  L'Abbé, Ericka N ^a   Ribot, Isabelle ^b   Steyn, Maryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological origins; Craniometry; K2; Multivariate analysis; South Africa; Venda history

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649109202     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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