Developmental defects and postmortem changes in archaeological pig teeth from Fais Island, Micronesia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1637-1646

  Kierdorf, Horst ^a   Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Witzel, Carsten ^a   Intoh, Michiko ^b   Dobney, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal cementum; Domestic pig; Enamel hypoplasia; Interglobular dentine; Nutritional stress; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ENAMEL; TAPHONOMY; UNGULATE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FAIS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; YAP;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 67349113439     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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