Odontometrics: a useful method for sex determination in an archaeological skeletal population?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-913

  Vodanović, Marin ^a   Demo, Željko ^b   Njemirovskij, Vera ^a   Keros, Jadranka ^a   Brkić, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Museum of Archaeology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Croatia; Medieval; Odontometrics; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CRANIUM; MEDIEVAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAGREB;

EID: 33847370365     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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