Cross-sectional geometry in the humeri of foragers and farmers from the prehispanic American Southwest: Exploring patterns in the sexual division of labor

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-21

  Ogilvie, Marsha D ^a,b   Hilton, Charles E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; humerus; Lower Pecos; Pottery Mound

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STRENGTH; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW MEXICO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEXAS;

EID: 78650471550     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21362     Document Type: Article

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