INTRODUCTION	1
ESTIMATING AGE AT DEATH FOR PREHISTORIC HUMAN REMAINS	3
DAMDAMA: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT	7
THE INDIAN MESOLITHIC BURIAL SITES ON THE GANGETIC PLAIN DAMDAMA	7     8   12
CEMENTUM ANNULATIONS AND MULTIVARIATE METHODS OF AGE ESTIMATION	16
THE ULTRASTRUCTURAL NATURE OF CEMENTUM ANNULATIONS CEMENTUM APPOSITION AND THE ESTIMATION OF AGE AT DEATH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON AGE ESTIMATION SUMMARY	18   22   26   36
ROOT DENTINE TRANSLUCENCY AND SECONDARY DENTINE DEPOSITION IN AGE ESTIMATION	38
THE ULTRASTRUCTURAL NATURE OF ROOT DENTINE TRANSLUCENCY REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON AGE ESTIMATION FOR INTACT TEETH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON AGE ESTIMATION FOR SECTIONED TEETH SUMMARY	38   40   42   44
MATERIALS AND METHODS	46
SAMPLE DERIVATION AND CHARACTERISTICS PROTOCOL	46   49
RESULTS	56
OBSERVER ERROR AND COMPARISONS WITHIN INDIVIDUALS AGE ESTIMATES FROM DENTAL HISTOLOGICAL METHODS DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION SUMMARY OF RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH	56   59   68   73   73
PALEODEMOGRAHIC PROFILE FOR DAMDAMA	76
TABLES	82
FIGURES	85
BIBLIOGRAPHY	100