Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons

This article analyses age‐related changes in the development of the temporal bone in a sample of foetal and infant skeletons to contribute to the estimation of age by means of this skeletal element in bioarchaeological and forensic contexts. The sample was selected from a contemporary documented ske...

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Autores principales: García Mancuso, Rocío, Inda, Ana María, Salceda, Susana Alicia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Ciencias Médicas
Age estimation
Forensic anthropology
Bioarchaeology
Lambre Collection
Temporal bone development
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108246
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Médicas
Age estimation
Forensic anthropology
Bioarchaeology
Lambre Collection
Temporal bone development
spellingShingle Ciencias Médicas
Age estimation
Forensic anthropology
Bioarchaeology
Lambre Collection
Temporal bone development
García Mancuso, Rocío
Inda, Ana María
Salceda, Susana Alicia
Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
Age estimation
Forensic anthropology
Bioarchaeology
Lambre Collection
Temporal bone development
description This article analyses age‐related changes in the development of the temporal bone in a sample of foetal and infant skeletons to contribute to the estimation of age by means of this skeletal element in bioarchaeological and forensic contexts. The sample was selected from a contemporary documented skeletal collection and is constituted by the temporal bones of individuals of both sexes (n = 37) with ages from 23 weeks of gestation up to 11 postnatal months. Different states of fusion of the tympanic ring and development of the tympanic plate were scored separately, and intra‐observer consistency was evaluated. Both documented chronological age and skeletal estimated age were examined in relation to successive stages of fusion and development in the pre‐ and postnatal periods. It was found that the state of fusion of the tympanic ring is especially useful in the discrimination of foetal and postnatal individuals, whereas the development of the tympanic plate is helpful in the differentiation of individuals from and below 3 postnatal months. Even though a certain degree of overlap between successive stages was observed, the fusion of the tympanic ring and the development of the tympanic plate constitute good indicators of age in foetal and infant skeletons.
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author García Mancuso, Rocío
Inda, Ana María
Salceda, Susana Alicia
author_facet García Mancuso, Rocío
Inda, Ana María
Salceda, Susana Alicia
author_sort García Mancuso, Rocío
title Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
title_short Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
title_full Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
title_fullStr Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
title_full_unstemmed Age Estimation by Tympanic Bone Development in Foetal and Infant Skeletons
title_sort age estimation by tympanic bone development in foetal and infant skeletons
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108246
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