A description of iron age skeletons from the Pilanesberg national park, South Africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 187, 2008, Pages 28-36

  L'Abbé, Ericka N ^a   Coetzee, Francois P ^b   Loots, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Bipartite patella; Health; Late iron age; Pilanesberg; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949507086     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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