Craniometric variation in the aleutians: Integrating morphological, molecular, spatial, and temporal data

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 629-651

  Ousley, Stephen D ^a   Jones, Erica B ^b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleut prehistory; Aleutian Islands; Cephalic index; Cranial index; Craniometric variation; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751653637     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0508     Document Type: Article

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