Tooth wear and dental pathology of the Bronze-Iron Age people in Xinjiang, Northwest China: Implications for their diet and lifestyle

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-116

  Liu, W ^a   Zhang, Q C ^b   Wu, X J ^a   Zhu, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 77949658974     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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