Auricular surface aging: Worse than expected? A test of the revised method on a documented historic skeletal assemblage

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-513

  Falys, Ceri G ^a   Schutkowski, Holger ^b   Weston, Darlene A ^c  

^a Thames Valley Archaeological Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auricular surface; Os coxae; Skeletal aging; St. Bride's collection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POROSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33746265445     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20382     Document Type: Article

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