Physical activity and social status in Early Bronze Age society: The Mokrin necropolis

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-273

  Porčić, Marko ^a   Stefanović, Sofija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Activity; Division of labor; Early Bronze Age; Maros culture; Musculo skeletal stress markers; Ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949158450     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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