Cranial deformations in an iron age pPopulation from Münsingen-Rain, Switzerland

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-406

  Kutterer, Adelina ^a   Alt, K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniometry; Craniosynostosis; Fluctuating asymmetry; La T ne period; Palaeopathology; Skull deformation; Switzerland; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449085268     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.939     Document Type: Article

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