Technical note: Applicability of tooth cementum annulation to an archaeological population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-588

  Roksandic, Mirjana ^a   Vlak, Dejana ^b   Schillaci, Michael A ^b   Voicu, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Albion Library   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age determination; Dental anthropology; Histology; Osteology; Taphonomy; Tooth cementum annulations

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CEMENTUM; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; TAPHONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DENTAL CEMENTUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349920701     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21136     Document Type: Article

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