Probable carpometacarpal and tarsal coalition from Baousso da Torre Cave (Italy): Implications for burial selection during the Gravettian

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Villotte, Sébastien ^a,b   Knüsel, Christopher J ^a   Mitchell, Piers D ^c   Henry Gambier, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

" Anteater sign"; Burial practice; Carpal boss; Congenital disorders; Kinship; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; KINSHIP; PALEOLITHIC;

ITALY;

MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 79956158643     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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