Table 2 Summary of cementum data obtained from the Covalejos Cave.

From: Combined dental wear and cementum analyses in ungulates reveal the seasonality of Neanderthal occupations in Covalejos Cave (Northern Iberia)

Taxa

Level

Ref.

Tooth

No CB

LCB

%Dev.

Season of Death

C. elaphus

4

CL 1

m2 R

OB + 3 (+TB)

TB

35.75

Middle Good Season

CL 249

m2 L

13

OB

OB

Bad Season

CL 262

M1 R

5 (+TB)

TB

23.89

Beginning Good Season

CL 268

m1 R

7

OB

OB

Bad Season

CL 275

m3 R

3 (+TB)

TB

38.86

Middle Good Season

7

CL 97

m3 R

5 (+TB)

TB

10.39

Beginning Good Season

CL 158

M2 R

9

OB

OB

Bad Season

CL 197

M2 R

No data

CL 222

m3 L

4 (+TB)

TB

52.24

Middle Good Season

CL 225

m2 L

6 (+TB)

TB

19.67

Beginning Good Season

8

CL 2

m3 R

5

OB

OB

Bad Season

CL 3

m2 R

8 (+TB)

TB

14.19

Beginning Good Season

CL 302

m2 R

4

OB

OB

Bad Season

CL 349

M1 R

9 (+TB) (at least)

TB

28.82

Beginning Good Season

CL 360

m1 L

5 (+TB)

TB

82.51

End Good Season

Bos/Bison

6

CL 112

m2 L

No data

7

CL 146

m2 L

No data

CL 327

m3 R

No data

8

CL 50

M1 R

5 (+TB)

TB

48.78

Middle Good season

CL 51

M1 L

5 (+TB)

TB

29.85

Beginning Good Season

CL 291

m1 L

3 (+TB)

TB

92.84

End Good Season

  1. Abbreviations: Ref. = reference number assigned by the authors; No CB = number of pairs of bands observed in the acellular cementum; LCB = last cementum band observed; %Dev. = % growth ratio of the last cementum increment; Seasonality = season of the individual death; OB = dark and high mineralized (opaque) cementum band; TB = clear and low mineralized (translucid) cementum band; M = upper molar; m = lower molar; L/R: left or right.