A bayesian approach to ageing perinatal skeletal material from archaeological sites: Implications for the evidence for infanticide in Roman-Britain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 677-685

  Gowland, Rebecca L ^a   Chamberlain, Andrew T ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Bayes' theorem; Infanticide; Roman archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; ROMAN ERA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036315106     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0776     Document Type: Article

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