Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama)
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 p...
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| author | Bowen, Frazer Carden, R.F. Daujat, J. Grouard, Sandrine Miller, Holly Perdikaris, Sophia Sykes, Naomi |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | nottingham-531052020-05-04T18:18:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53105/ Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) Bowen, Frazer Carden, R.F. Daujat, J. Grouard, Sandrine Miller, Holly Perdikaris, Sophia Sykes, Naomi 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. Wiley 2016-12-01 Article PeerReviewed Bowen, Frazer, Carden, R.F., Daujat, J., Grouard, Sandrine, Miller, Holly, Perdikaris, Sophia and Sykes, Naomi (2016) Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 26 (6). pp. 1089-1098. ISSN 1099-1212 Fallow deer; Dental ageing; Tooth eruption; Tooth wear; Known-age populations https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oa.2523 doi:10.1002/oa.2523 doi:10.1002/oa.2523 |
| spellingShingle | Fallow deer; Dental ageing; Tooth eruption; Tooth wear; Known-age populations Bowen, Frazer Carden, R.F. Daujat, J. Grouard, Sandrine Miller, Holly Perdikaris, Sophia Sykes, Naomi Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title | Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title_full | Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title_fullStr | Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title_short | Dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (Dama dama) |
| title_sort | dama dentition: a new tooth eruption and wear method for assessing the age of fallow deer (dama dama) |
| topic | Fallow deer; Dental ageing; Tooth eruption; Tooth wear; Known-age populations |
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