Vault thickness in two Pleistocene Australian crania

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1310-1318

  Curnoe, Darren ^a   Green, Hayley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Indigenous Australians; Pleistocene; Vault thickness; Willandra Lakes

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84877679382     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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