Dental health at the transition from the Late Antique to the early Medieval period on Croatia's eastern Adriatic coast

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-590

  Šlaus, Mario ^a   Bedić, Željka ^a   Rajić Šikanjić, Petra ^b   Vodanović, Marin ^c   Domić Kunić, Alka ^a  

^a CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ante mortem tooth loss; Bioarchaeology; Calculus; Dental abscess; Dental caries; Dental wear; Early medieval; Late antique

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053059503     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1163     Document Type: Article

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