Changes in skeletal robusticity in an iron age agropastoral group: The samnites from the Alfedena necropolis (Abruzzo, Central Italy)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-130

  Sparacello, V S ^a   Pearson, O M ^a   Coppa, A ^b   Marchi, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross sectional geometry; humeral asymmetry; mobility; Neolithic; pastoralism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IDEOLOGY; IRON AGE; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NEOLITHIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HUMERUS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 78650464473     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21377     Document Type: Article

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