Estimating diaphyseal length from fragmentary subadult skeletal remains: Implications for palaeodemographic reconstructions of a southern Ontario ossuary

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-354

  Hoppa, Robert D ^a   Gruspier, Katherine L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Demography; Long bone; Ossuary; Regression; Subadult

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPHYSES; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; ONTARIO; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 0029938327     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<341::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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