The social role of hobbling and torture: Violence in the prehistoric Southwest

International Journal of Paleopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Osterholtz, Anna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hobbling; Perimortem Trauma; Southwest US; Torture; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870292547     PISSN: 18799817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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