acid.df: Age estimation from aspartic acid concentration

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Aspartic acid data for modern upper and lower first pre-molars: taken from Gillard et al 1991

Usage

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Format

A data.frame with 37 rows and 3 columns:

age

Age in years.

period

Period of tooth, modern or victorian.

aspartic

Percentage of D-aspartic acid.

Source

Gillard, R.D., Hardman, S.M., Pollard, A.M., Sutton, P.A. and Whittaker, D.K. (1991) 'Determinations of age at death in the archaeological populations using the D/L ratio of aspartic acid in dental collagen' in Archaeometry 90, eds. Pernicka, E. and Wagner, G.A., p.637-644, Birkhauser Verlag, Berlin.


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