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T1 - A preliminary assessment of age at death determination using the nuclear weapon testing 14C activity of dentine and enamel
AU - Cook, Gordon T.
AU - Dunbar, Elaine
AU - Black, Sue M.
AU - Xu, Sheng
N1 - dc.publisher: University of Arizona
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Calibration (using CALIBomb) of radiocarbon measurements made on the enamel of human teeth from people born during the nuclear era typically produce 2 possible age ranges that potentially reflect the period of tooth formation. These ranges correspond to periods before and after the 1963 atmospheric 14C maximum. Further measurements made on the collagen component of the combined dentine and cementum from the roots of the same teeth enable the appropriate age range to be selected. Using this range and the formation times for individual teeth, we estimated the year of birth of the individuals and compared these to the known dates of birth. The results were relatively accurate and confirmed those of a previous study by another research group. The present study demonstrates that it is possible to produce a good estimate of the year of birth from a single tooth.
AB - Calibration (using CALIBomb) of radiocarbon measurements made on the enamel of human teeth from people born during the nuclear era typically produce 2 possible age ranges that potentially reflect the period of tooth formation. These ranges correspond to periods before and after the 1963 atmospheric 14C maximum. Further measurements made on the collagen component of the combined dentine and cementum from the roots of the same teeth enable the appropriate age range to be selected. Using this range and the formation times for individual teeth, we estimated the year of birth of the individuals and compared these to the known dates of birth. The results were relatively accurate and confirmed those of a previous study by another research group. The present study demonstrates that it is possible to produce a good estimate of the year of birth from a single tooth.
KW - Teeth
KW - Age
KW - Dentine
KW - Forensic anthropology
KW - Enamel
U2 - 10.1017/S0033822200038765
DO - 10.1017/S0033822200038765
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 305
EP - 313
JO - Radiocarbon
JF - Radiocarbon
SN - 0033-8222
IS - 3
ER -