Dear Jennifer,
These works are devoted to definition of age of the red deer and reindeer:
Brown W.A.,, Chapman N.G. 1991. Age assessment of red deer
(Cervus elaphus): froma scoring scheme baesed on radiographs of
developing permanent molarifonm teeth.. Journal of Zoology. (225)
:85 - 97.
Brown W.A.,, Chapman N.G. 1991. The dentition of red deer
(Cervus elaphus): a scoring scheme to assess age from wear of the
permanent molariform teeth.. Journal of Zoology 224:519 - 536.
Carter R.J. 1998. Reassement of sesonality at the Early
Mesolithic Site of Starr Carr, Yorkshire based onradiographs of
mandibular tooth development in read deer (Cervus elaphus)..
Journal of Archaeol. Science 25(9):851 - 856.
Coy J.P. 1973. Bronze age domestic animals from Keos,
Grees.. In: Domest. forschung und geschichte der
Hausiere.Int.Symp.in Budapest1971, p. 239 - 243.Akademiai Kiado
Budapest. Akademiai Kiado.
Fosse P. 1996. La grotte N1 de Lunel-Viel (Herault, France):
repaire d'hyenes du Pleistocene moyen. Etude taphponomique du
materiel osseux.. In: Paleo.,(8), p. 47 - 81. .
Kierdorf U., Becher J. 1997. Mineralization and wear of
mandibular first molars in red deer (Cervus elaphus) of known
age.. Journal of Zoology. 241:135 - 143.
Morrison D., Whitridge P. 1997. Estimating the age and sex
of Caribou from mandibular measurements. Journal of
Archaeological Science 24(12):1093-1106.
Stelinski J. 1959. Nowy system okreslania wieku jelenia..
Lowiec Polski (1):.
Tisdall J.S., Wilson P.R., Krik E.J. 1985. Eruption pattern
of the permanent incisor of farmed red deer. The Royal Society of
New Zealand. Bulletin (22):109 - 110.
This ones is about the definition of age of Bovidae
Grant A. 1982. The use of tooth wear as a guide to the age
of domestic ungulates. In: Ageing and sexing animal bones from
archaeolog. sites. BAR reports(BS), vol.109, p. 91 - 108. Oxford.
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Grigson C. 1982. Sex and age determination of some bones and
teeth of domestic cattl: a review of literature. In: Ageing and
sexing animal bones from archaeolog. sites. BAR reports(BS),
vol.109, p. 7 - 24. Oxford. .
Grigson C. 1983. Size and sex: evidence for the
domestication of cattle in the Near East. In: The beginnings of
Agriculture B.A.R. Int.Ser., vol.496, p. 77 - 109. Oxford. .
Silver I.A. 1969. The ageing of domestic animals.. In:
Science in Archaeology., p. 250 - 268.Praeger Chicago. Praeger.
Sisson S.,, Grossman J.D. 1933.Anatomia de los animales
domesticos..Salvat- Barcelona, p.
Wegrzyn M., Serwatka S. 1984. Teeth eruption in the European
bison. Acta Theriologica 29(9):111 - 121.
These articles is about definition of age
Caprine
Bullock D.J.,, Pickering S.P. 1984. The validity of horn
ring counts to determine the age of Scottish feral goats (Cpra
domestic).. J. Zool. 202(4):561 - 564.
Duerst J.U. 1924.Vergleichende untersuchungs - methoden am
skelett bei Saugern. Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden..
- , V. 7/2. 529 p.
Payne S. 1973. Kill-of patterns in sheep and goats; the
mandibles from Asvan Kale. Anatolian Studies (23):281 - 303.
Certainly, it is spoken about the domestic animals in a part of them.
However principle of definition of age is identical for the wild and
similar domestic animals.
Yours sincerely, Aleksei Kasparov, Sanktpetersburg
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