Paleopathology and health of native and introduced animals on Southern Peruvian and Bolivian Spanish Colonial sites

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 508-524

  Defrance, S D ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Degenerative abnormalities; Exostoses; Paleopathology; Peru; Spanish colonial period; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149390611     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1074     Document Type: Article

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