Age estimation of children from prehistoric Southeast Asia: are the dental formation methods used appropriate?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1158-1168

  Halcrow, Siân E ^a   Tayles, Nancy ^a   Buckley, Hallie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Ageing methods; Bioarchaeology; Dental formation; Non European; Subadults; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; DENTITION; PREHISTORIC; SKELETON;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33947538176     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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