Life and death on a Barbadian sugar plantation: Historic and bioarchaeological views of infection and mortality at Newton Plantation

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-81

  Shuler, K A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Infection; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251500035     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1108     Document Type: Article

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