Enthesopathies and activity patterns in the Early Medieval Great Moravian population: Evidence of division of labour

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-504

  Havelkova P ^a,b   Villotte, S ^c   Veleminsky P ^a   Polacek L ^d   Dobisikova M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Early Middle Ages; Enthesopathies; Great Moravia; MSM; Occupational stress markers; Sexual division of labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960739969     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1164     Document Type: Article

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