Juvenile age estimation using diaphyseal long bone lengths among ancient Maya populations

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Danforth, Marie Elaine ^a   Wrobel, Gabriel D ^b   Armstrong, Carl W ^c   Swanson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 65849278792     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500002480     Document Type: Article

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