Exploring the relationship between dental wear and status in late medieval subadults from England

Heidi Dawson1, Kate Robson Brown

  • 1Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UU, England. Heidi.Dawson@bristol.ac.uk

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