Refining the Quadratic Crown Height Method of age estimation: Do elk teeth wear quadratically with age?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2329-2334

  Steele, Teresa E ^a   Weaver, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Cervus elaphus; Mortality profiles; Quadratic Crown Height Method; Red deer; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEER; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH; WEAR;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84860884044     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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