Hiding inequality beneath prosperity: Patterns of cranial injury in middle period San Pedro de Atacama, Northern Chile

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-37

  Torres Rouff, Christina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

cranial fractures; social status; Solcor ayllu; Tiwanaku

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL INJURY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CEMETERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052071007     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21536     Document Type: Article

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