title: [Age determination of pre- and postnatal skeletons with special reference to current methodological aspects].
abstract: From the remains of ten fetal and neonatal skeletons the standard methods of age estimation by means of dental and osseous criteria as well as diaphyseal length were applied and discussed. The ratio of long bone lengths and change of proportions during the first and second half of pregnancy is a useful indicator for the stage of maturation.
authors.affiliation: Lehrgebiet Anthropologie des Zoologischen Institutes, Technischen Universität Braunschweig.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grefen-Peters
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D005858:Germany; D005865:Gestational Age; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010161:Paleodontology; D010164:Paleopathology; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011247:Pregnancy