Dear Jaco
Millions of thanks for the info. Hope to find out what Smith says so that I
can check it against this. Would you be kind enough to provide me wiht
the whole bibliog. ref. for Habermehl? Thanks you very much.
All best,
Salima
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>Dear Salima,
>reading Habermehl (1975) more carefully I realized that he is quoting
>investigations by Schaeffer (1932).
>the epiphyseal closure times that he gives are the following:
>
>ca. 8½ months: coracoid process in scapula, acetabulum in pelvis,
distal humerus,
>proximal radius, calcaneus, and (apparently) both proximal and distal
epiphyses
>in Femur
>
>ca. 10 months: proximal ulna and phalanges
>
>ca. 11½ months: distal metapodials, proximal humerus, distal radius
and ulna,
>both epiphyses in the tibia, and distal fibula.
>
>He mentions, however, that according to Kayanja (1970), the fusion
times for the
>distal and proximal end of the humerus are 7¾ and 8½ months
respectively.
>
>It would be interesting to compare these fusion times with those of
Smith
>(1969)...
>
>regards,
>Jaco
>
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>Dr. Jaco Weinstock
>Research Fellow (archaeozoology)
>Department of Archaeology
>University of Southampton
>SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK
>Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 4778
Salima Ikram (Dr)
Department of Egyptology
American University in Cairo
113 Sharia Kasr el Aini
Cairo, EGYPT
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