Dental Modifications in a Skeletal Sample of Enslaved Africans Found at Lagos (Portugal)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 621-632

  Wasterlain, S N ^a   Neves, M J ^a   Ferreira, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

15th 17th centuries; Africa; dental modifications; Portugal; slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929000727     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2453     Document Type: Article

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