One of the continuing problems in paleopathology and paleoepidemiology is an inability to
accurately age adult skeletons. Accurate age estimations are critical to the proper evaluation …

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

Objectives Adult age at death estimation continues to challenge physical anthropologists.
One estimation method involves counting tooth cementum annulations (TCA). Non …

The identification of unknown persons, particularly those who are decomposed or burnt, is a
global challenge. Forensic Anthropology Cape Town (FACT) is a service provider that …

Acellular extrinsic fiber cementum is a mineralized tissue that covers the cervical half of the
tooth root surface. It contains mainly extrinsic or Sharpey's fibers that run perpendicular to …

This article utilises skeletal evidence (n= 57) from settlement features and graves at
Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria, to outline our methodological approach to researching …

Cementochronology has long been associated in the literature with a high correlation
between chronological and estimated age, and low differences between the two ages. The …

The interdisciplinary analysis of the skeletal remains of 63 individuals from settlement
features and graves from Schleinbach in Lower Austria brought new insights into Early …

Aims To assess dental maturation in children with amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) and
compare their estimated dental age with the age of non‐AI children. Methods and results …

While season-of-death estimation using cementochronology is routine in archaeozoology,
its use is much less frequent in bioarchaeology. Based on the character of the outermost …