Bone weight: New reference values based on a modern Portuguese identified skeletal collection

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 628-641

  Silva, A M ^a   Crubezy E ^b   Cunha, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Collective burial; Cremations; Forensics; Percentage of skeletal weight; Skeletal weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449126580     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.998     Document Type: Article

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