Les phalanges des mains sont-elles un bon indicateur de l’âge au décès des adultes ?

Phalanges of the hand, observed on X-rays, have been proposed as indicative of age at death of adults. The present study proposes testing the performance of this indicator on an identified osteological sample from the collection housed in the University of Coimbra (Portugal). A part of the sample wa...

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Main Author: Aurore Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2006-12-01
Series:Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/1626