Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Marta Hlad; Tessi Löffelmann; Jacob I. Griffith; Hannah F. James; Martine Vercauteren; Christophe Snoeck; Barbara Veselka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310380

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Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Marta Hlad ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: marta.hlad@vub.be

Affiliations Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Research Unit Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9263-4048

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Tessi Löffelmann,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Jacob I. Griffith,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Hannah F. James,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Martine Vercauteren,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Unit Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Christophe Snoeck,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-4055

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Barbara Veselka

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archaeology, Environmental Changes, and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Marta Hlad,
Tessi Löffelmann,
Jacob I. Griffith,
Hannah F. James,
Martine Vercauteren,
Christophe Snoeck,
Barbara Veselka

Published: December 2, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310380

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