Dama Dentition: A New Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing the Age of Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Dados Bibliográficos
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Nottingham, National Museum of Ireland Natural History Division Dublin 2 Ireland, Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: Sociétés, pratiques et environments (UMR7209) Sorbonne Universités, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN, CNRS Paris France, Human Ecodynamics Research Center GSUC CUNY and Barbuda Research Complex Codrington Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.2523 |
| CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
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.