Developmental stress and survival among the mid upper paleolithic sunghir children: Dental enamel hypoplasias of Sunghir 2 and 3

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-431

  Guatelli Steinberg, D ^a   Buzhilova, A P ^b,c   Trinkaus, E ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Paleopathology; Teeth; Upper paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880618577     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1263     Document Type: Article

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