Investigating foetal and perinatal mortality in prehistoric skeletal samples: a case study from a 3000-year-old Pacific Island cemetery site

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2780-2787

  Kinaston, R L ^a   Buckley, H R ^a   Halcrow, S E ^a   Spriggs, M J T ^b   Bedford, S ^b   Neal, K ^c   Gray, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Isolytix Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Infant mortality; Lapita; Pacific Islands; Perinatal skeletal ageing methods; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CEMETERY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INFANT MORTALITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREHISTORIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349950481     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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