Hill, E. orcid.org/0009-0004-8830-8663 and Albarella, U. orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-0532 (2024) An international, open-access dataset of dental wear patterns and associated broad age classes in archaeological cattle mandibles. Scientific Data, 11. 713.
Abstract
Zooarchaeologists investigate past interactions between animals, humans, and their environments by analyzing the remains of archaeological fauna. Age-at-death distributions are fundamental to faunal analysis and are often estimated by comparing exposed dentine patterns to standardized tooth wear stages that have been associated with relative age classes. We present Bubona, an international dataset of dental wear patterns and associated broad age classes in archaeological cattle mandibles. Our open-access dataset of 1460 data entries from nine counties is being used to create tooth-type specific reference tables of probable age class attribution for cattle mandibles lacking complete dentition. Bubona is a valuable resource for the innovation of new systems of age estimation for cattle and it is the creators hope that researchers will continue to both help expand the dataset by contributing their own data, as well as utilize the data to refine and innovate age-at-death estimation methods.
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 10:58 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 13:32 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03377-y |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41597-024-03377-y |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214555 |