Basics in paleodemography: A comparison of age indicators applied to the early medieval skeletal sample of Lauchheim

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-396

  Wittwer Backofen, Ursula ^a   Buckberry, Jo ^b   Czarnetzki, Alfred ^c   Doppler, Stefanie ^d   Grupe, Gisela ^d,e   Hotz, Gerhard ^f   Kemkes, Ariane ^g   Larsen, Clark Spencer ^h   Prince, Debbie ⁱ   Wahl, Joachim ^j   Fabig, Alexander ^k   Weise, Svenja ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Biocentre of the Ludwig Maximilians University ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^f NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g Tholius Institute   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam   (United States)

^j Verband Region Stuttgart   (Germany)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Age estimation; Biomarker of the skeleton; Dental anthropology; Osteology; Paleodemography

Indexed keywords

TOOTH CEMENT;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGES; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; TOOTH; TOOTH ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149112584     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20881     Document Type: Article

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