Contact in the Andes: Bioarchaeology of Systemic Stress in colonial Mórrope, Peru

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-368

  Klaus, Haagen D ^a,b,c   Tam, Manuel E ^d  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museo Nacional Sicán Ferreñafe   (Peru)

^c Etnografía Hans Henrich Brüning   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fertility; Growth; Hypoplasia; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PERU; POLITICS; POVERTY; RELIGION; SKELETON; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 61449119818     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20944     Document Type: Article

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