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Basics in paleodemography : a comparison of age indicators applied to the early medieval skeletal sample of Lauchheim
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 105415
Author(s) Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula; Buckberry, Jo; Czarnetzki, Alfred; Doppler, Stefanie; Grupe, Gisela; Hotz, Gerhard; Kemkes, Ariane; Larsen, Clark Spencer; Prince, Debbie; Wahl, Joachim; Fabig, Alexander; Weise, Svenja
Author(s) at UniBasel Hotz, Gerhard
Year 2008
Title Basics in paleodemography : a comparison of age indicators applied to the early medieval skeletal sample of Lauchheim
Journal American journal of physical anthropology
Volume 137
Number 4
Pages / Article-Number 384-96
Keywords paleodemography, age estimation, biomarker of the skeleton, osteology, dental anthropology
Abstract

Recent advances in the methods of skeletal age estimation have rekindled interest in their applicability to paleodemography. The current study contributes to the discussion by applying several long established as well as recently developed or refined aging methods to a subsample of 121 adult skeletons from the early medieval cemetery of Lauchheim. The skeletal remains were analyzed by 13 independent observers using a variety of aging techniques (complex method and other multimethod approaches, Transition Analysis, cranial suture closure, auricular surface method, osteon density method, tooth root translucency measurement, and tooth cementum annulation counting). The age ranges and mean age estimations were compared and results indicate that all methods showed smaller age ranges for the younger individuals, but broader age ranges for the older age groups.

Publisher Wistar Institute of Anatomy
ISSN/ISBN 0002-9483
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5253327
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1002/ajpa.20881
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18615503
ISI-Number WOS:000261123800002
Document type (ISI) Historical Article, Journal Article
 
   

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