A new system for computing dentition-based age profiles in Sus scrofa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-193

  Lemoine, Ximena ^a   Zeder, Melinda A ^a   Bishop, Katelyn J ^b   Rufolo, Scott J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Harvest profiles; Pig; Sus scrofa; Tooth eruption; Tooth wear; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; DENTITION; EXPLOITATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TOOTH; WEAR;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84900799872     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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