Hyperostosis frontalis interna - A marker of social status? Evidence from the Bronze-Age " high society" of Qatna, Syria

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-43

  Flohr, S ^a   Witzel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

FEMALE; FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SYRIA;

EID: 79551608492     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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