A Protocol for Recording Linear Enamel Hypoplasia on Archaeological Pig Teeth

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-273

  Dobney, Keith ^a   Ervynck, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Archaeo Her Flemish Comm   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Domestic pig; Linear enamel hypoplasia; Methodology; Sus scrofa; Tooth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343574202     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199807/08)8:4<263::AID-OA427>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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