Recent Advances in Ageing and Sexing Animal BonesThis volume deals with the technical advances made over the last twenty years in the field of aging and sexing animal bones. The analysis of ancient DNA holds great possibilities for sexing certain faunal assemblages, which is an urgent issue in the study of hunting and animal husbandry. The eighteen papers in this book examine the state of research for various techniques of age/sex determination and assess potential future development. |
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New Approaches to Ageing and Sexing | 9 |
A Method to Estimate the Ages at Death of Red Deer Cervus elaphus and Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus | 40 |
a Simple Technique for Sexing Canid Humeri | 62 |
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