Buckberry, Jo2016-09-072016-09-072017Buckberry J (2017) Estimating adult age: auricular surface morphology. In: The SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. Cary, USA: Wiley. Accepted for publication.http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8918NoThe auricular surface is located on the os coxae (pelvis) and forms part of the sacro-iliac joint. Changes in appearance of the auricular surface have been used to estimate adult age-at-death. Two main methods are used in bioarcheology: the Lovejoy method and the Buckberry-Chamberlain (revised auricular surface) method. As with many age estimation methods, neither auricular surface method reaches the gold standard of being both accurate and precise, however the age-related changes of the auricular surface do extend into the later decades of life.enAuricular surfaceAge estimationAdultPaleodemographyDemographyBioarchaeologyBook chapter