Linear enamel hypoplasia at Xcambó, Yucatán, during the Maya Classic period: An evaluation of coastal marshland impact on ancient human populations

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-358

  Mendez Colli C ^a   Sierra Sosa, T N ^b   Tiesler, V ^a   Cucina, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Antropología   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; DENTITION; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTITION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650738577     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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