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Dama Dentition: A New Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing the Age of Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Alternative Title
Tooth eruption and wear method for assessing fallow deer age
Author(s)
Date Issued
2016-11
Date Available
2020-07-29T15:42:06Z
Abstract
Reliable ageing techniques for wild animals are notoriously challenging to develop because of the scarcity of sizeable collections of known-age specimens. Without such techniques it is difficult to reconstruct hunting patterns, which is a significant problem for the examination of assemblages from pre-farming cultures. This paper presents a new method, based on mandibular tooth eruption and wear, for assessing the age of fallow deer. The method was developed from a large collection (n = 156) of known-age Dama dama specimens, has been blind tested by members of the zooarchaeological community and represents a user-friendly system with the potential to generate large compatible datasets through which the dynamics of human–Dama relationships can be examined. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Other Sponsorship
Arts and Humanities Research Council
University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Arts
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley
Journal
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Volume
26
Issue
6
Start Page
933
End Page
1118
Copyright (Published Version)
2016 Wiley
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1047-482X
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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2016_Bowen_etal_IJOA_Fallow_ageing.pdf
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