Incremental banding in dental cementum: Methods of preparation for teeth from archaeological sites and for modern comparative specimens

Abstract

Abstract Analysis of incremental banding in dental cementum is a well‐established means of determining the age and season of death of wild mammals. The dental cementum of domesticated mammals likewise can indicate age and season of death. Methods of preparation applicable to archaeological teeth differ from those used for modern specimens, however, and this paper describes two methods that have given excellent imaging on teeth of Bos taurus ; one for modern teeth and the other for teeth from archaeological sites.