A Bioarchaeological Perspective on the Pre-Adult Stages of the Life Course: Implications for the Care and Health of Children in the Roman Empire*

Families in the Roman and Late Antique World

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 111-140

  Redfern, R C ^a   Gowland, R L ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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