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Letter to the Editor: Comments on “A new method to estimate adult age‐at‐death using the acetabulum” (Calce, 2012)
Author(s) -
Rissech Carme
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.22265
Subject(s) - hum , citation , unit (ring theory) , biological anthropology , library science , computer science , sociology , anthropology , history , art history , psychology , mathematics education , performance art
In 2006, Rissech and collaborators proposed seven variables of the acetabulum (1, acetabular groove; 2, rim shape; 3, rim porosity; 4, apex activity; 5, activity on the outer edge of the rim fossa; 6, activity of the acetabular fossa, 7, porosities of the acetabular fossa) for their use in adult age estimation. The method was based on a sample of 242 male individuals from the documented collection of Coimbra in Portugal