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Article dans une revue American Journal of Physical Anthropology Année : 2007

Infracranial maturation in the skeletal collection from Coimbra, Portugal

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Age at death is an essential piece of information in archaeological, paleoanthropological, or forensic contexts. Dental remains are the most commonly used age indicators, but when the dentition is not available, or not enough teeth are present for an accurate age assessment, other age indicators such as bone maturation must be used. Of particular utility in this regard is the fusion of the epiphyses of the infracranial skeleton. Here we present new comparative data on infracranial maturation from the known age and sex skeletal collection from Coimbra, Portugal. We examined 137 skeletons between seven and 29 years old. We present new aging standards based on data collected on infracranial epiphyseal fusion and spheno-occipital synchondrosis closure in this documented collection. Furthermore, we discuss differences in development between the sexes and similarities and differences between Coimbra and other published standards.
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halshs-00353411, version 1 (15-01-2009)

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Hélène Coqueugniot, Timothy D. Weaver. Infracranial maturation in the skeletal collection from Coimbra, Portugal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007, 134 (3), pp.424-437. ⟨halshs-00353411⟩

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