Infant and juvenile growth in ancestral Pueblo Indians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-326

  Schillaci, Michael A ^a   Nikitovic, Dejana ^a   Akins, Nancy J ^b   Tripp, Lianne ^a   Palkovich, Ann M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Museum New Mexico   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioarchaeology; childhood; growth; health; juveniles; Pueblo; Southwest; Tewa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PLESIOMORPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEW MEXICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79956225791     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21509     Document Type: Article

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