Subsistence activities and the sexual division of labor in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic: Evidence from upper limb enthesopathies

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Villotte, Sébastien ^a   Churchill, Steven E ^b,c   Dutour, Olivier J ^d,e   Henry Gambier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity markers; Early Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM); Projectile weaponry

Indexed keywords

BONE; EXPLOITATION; HUNTER-GATHERER; LABOR DIVISION; MESOLITHIC; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; SUBSISTENCE; WEAPONRY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954217701     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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