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Practising methods of age determination. Comments on methods combining multiple age indicators

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For some time, trends in age determination of skeletons have tended to shift from methods using single age indicators to methods combining multiple age indicators. Evidently the latter are expected to offer more balanced age assessments. If one decides to apply a method using multiple age indicators, a choice can be made between two «current» methods, both based on non-metrical age indicators: the socalled Complex Method of Acsádi and Nemeskéri, statistically elaborated by Sjøvold (WEA, 1980), and the so-called Multifactorial Method of Lovejoy et al., 1985a. Comments are given on practical applicability and supposed confidence.

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Maat, G.J.R. Practising methods of age determination. Comments on methods combining multiple age indicators. Int. J. Anthropol. 2, 293–299 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443989

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