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A statistical method (based on the maximum likelihood principle) for estimating mortalities of skeletal populations is presented. The method can be applied both when osteological age groups are not overlapping as well as when they are. The results are presented as point estimates and as confidence intervals around these. The method is applied to two series from the Middle Ages: Westerhus and Helgeandsholmen.
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Siven, C.H. On estimating mortalities from osteological age data. Int. J. Anthropol. 6, 97–109 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443944
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