Odontometric sex discrimination in the herculaneum sample (79 AD, Naples, Italy), with application to juveniles

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-106

  Viciano, Joan ^a   Alemán, Inmaculada ^a   D'Anastasio, Ruggero ^b   Capasso, Luigi ^b   Botella, Miguel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

discriminant functions; odontometrics; permanent teeth; sex determination; subadults

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ITALY; JUVENILE; MOLAR TOOTH; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; ODONTOMETRY; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954460719     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21471     Document Type: Article

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