Geometric morphometric study of temporal variations in human crania excavated from the Himrin Basin and neighboring areas, northern Iraq

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Ogihara, Naomichi ^a   Makishima, Haruyuki ^a   Ishida, Hidemi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

craniometry; Mesopotamia; skull; three dimensional morphometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650133951     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080130     Document Type: Article

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