Eating fish in the driest desert in the world: Osteological and biogeochemical analyses of human skeletal remains from the San Salvador cemetery, North Chile

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-69

  Torres Rouff, Christina ^a   Pestle, William J ^b   Gallardo, Francisco ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84885951210     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.23.1.51     Document Type: Article

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