A simple preparation technique of cave bear teeth for age determination by cementum increments

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Debeljak, Irena ^a  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Age determination; Archaeozoology; Dental cementum; Etching; Increments; Slovenia; Staining; Teeth; Ursus spelaeus

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CAVE BEAR; DENTAL CEMENTUM; TOOTH; URSUS SPELAEUS;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 0030435274     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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