Aging mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella): refining methods of tooth eruption and wear and bone fusion

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 752-763

  Munro, Natalie D ^a   Bar Oz, Guy ^b   Stutz, Aaron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age stages; Bone fusion; Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella); Southern Levant; Tooth eruption; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

AGING; BONE; RUMINANT; SKELETON; TOOTH; WEAR;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GAZELLA GAZELLA;

EID: 58149279274     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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