Ein beitrag zur bestimmung des lebensalters bei skeletten

✍ Scribed by Brettel, H.-F.

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 408 KB
• Volume: 97
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1437-1596
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00201246

✦ Synopsis

Determination of the Age of a Person Based on the Skeleton

Summary. A skeleton is reported that was found 40-100 cm under the surface of the earth; the light, porous bones had partially fallen to pieces. The most remarkable point was the discrepancy between the age of the bone and that of the teeth: based on the bones, the age of the living human being was about 30-40 years; on the basis of the teeth, however, the person was much older. The matter was cleared up with the help of a neck chain that was a precursor to the torques worn by the Celts; thus the skeleton was about 2500 years old. As the teeth were worn down much more through more use in prehistoric times than they are today, the age of the living person is likely to be the bone age, which was about 35 years.