A dental study comparing age estimations of the human remains from the Swedish warship Vasa

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-181

  Kvaal, Sigrid I ^a   During, Ebba M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Marine archaeology; Odontology; Osteology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039698250     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199905/06)9:3<170::AID-OA470>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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