Download or read book Dental Paleopathological Analysis of a Pre Columbian Population Recovered at Los Indios Archaeological Site AD 600 1200 Puerto Rico written by Ariana Beltran-Burgos and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sample of 88 individuals from the Los Indios archaeological site, Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico was examined to explore the relationship between oral health and the agricultural-intensification period in the Caribbean. Also, the results were compared with two sites: Punta Candelero and Paso del Indio. Los Indios is an Ostionoid archaeological culture site (AD 600-1200) part of the Later Ceramic Age (AD 600-1500). The frequencies of dental caries, antemortem tooth loss (AMTL), abscesses, periodontal disease, and enamel hypoplasia were recorded. Also, differences in dental disease frequency between males and females were considered. This study revealed that the most frequent dental pathology was caries (67% individuals). The second most common condition was periodontitis (22.7%), followed by AMTL (19.3%). The two least common pathological conditions were enamel hypoplasia and abscesses with 9.1% and 3.4%, respectively. Sex differences in dental conditions were not statistically significant. When comparing Punta Candelero and Los Indios, the former had a statistically significant higher frequency of individuals with periodontitis and Los Indios had a statistically significant higher frequency of individuals with caries. These results may indicate that cariogenic products were more regularly consumed at Los Indios while Punta Candelero had a more mixed subsistence practice. The comparison with Paso del Indio revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the frequency of individuals with caries when compared to Los Indios. Overall, the results are similar to previous findings. The presence of dental pathological conditions in these regions, especially caries, has been related to the consumption of manioc.
Download or read book The Use of Teeth as Tool Present in Pre Columbian Human Remains from Los Indios Archaeological Site Santa Isabel Puerto Rico written by Frances L. González González and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teeth Tell Tales written by Hayley L. Mickleburgh and published by Sidestone Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and understanding the dental wear patterns in human dentitions from the Caribbean archaeological sites of Anse la Gourde, located on the most eastern point of Guadeloupe, and Tutu located on the small island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The premise of this research is the assumption that dental wear patterns are informative of a great many aspects of human health and lifestyle. The use of the mouth and teeth in both masticatory and non-masticatory activities is assumed to leave traces which can be studied post-mortem to infer the lifestyle linked to such activities. In order to build a complete picture of these activities and the lifestyle linked to the dental wear patterns, other lines of evidence are also followed here, such as ethnohistoric and ethnographical accounts, and evidence from modern dentistry. Using this combination of different lines of evidence, it has been possible to characterize the diet and a range of cultural practices of the inhabitants at each site. The individuals selected in this sample very actively engaged their teeth in many non-masticatory, culturally defined activities, which put their dentitions under a great deal of stress. It seems these people's use of their mouths and teeth in this way was a very conscious decision, characterized by their cultural background.
Download or read book Dental Variation and Biocultural Affinities Among Prehistoric Populations from the Coastal Valleys of Moquegua Peru and Azapa Chile written by Richard Carlton Sutter and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murra's (1972) ethnohistoric model of verticality states that highland, or altiplano, people of the Andes diversified their economic base by sending colonists to altitudinally stratified resource zones, resulting in an ethnic "archipelago" within the western flanks of South America. For more than a quarter century, this model has been the dominant theoretical framework used by archaeologists to explain the presence of altiplano artifacts recovered from the coastal valleys of Peru, and Chile. This research uses a bioarchaeological approach to evaluate verticality and other alternative models of zonal complementarity using 12 south central Andean populations from the Moquegua valley, Peru and Azapa valley, Chile. Predictions derived from these models are tested using genetically controlled dental traits and archaeological information. Comparative analysis of the 782 dentitions indicates that a considerable amount of variability existed in the discrete dental traits of prehistoric south central Andean populations. Dental frequencies for the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 950-A.D. 1476) Moquegua valley Chiribaya and Azapa valley Cabuza samples from Azapa-6 and Azapa-71 are most like those reported for other sinodont populations of the New World and northeast Asia, whereas Archaic Period (8,000 B.C.-1,500 B.C.) populations from both valleys, and all other Formative (1,500 B.C.-A.D. 500) and Late Intermediate Period Azapa valley populations exhibit dental trait frequencies similar to those reported for sundadont populations of southeast Asia. These results suggest there were 2 demic expansions into South America. The Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 950-A.D. 1476) Chiribaya of the coastal Moquegua valley, Peru are genetically different from the founding Ilo Preceramic (7,000 B.C.-1,500 B.C.) population. The Chiribaya likely represent a middle valley population that migrated to the coast following the collapse of Tiwanaku's influence, supporting predictions made for the model of large-scale migration in response to political upheaval. In contrast, bioarchaeological evidence indicates genetic continuity among the prehistoric populations of Azapa valley, Chile. The rare appearance of altiplano artifacts in the Azapa valley is best explained by indirect trade as by proposed by Dillehay and Nunez's model of circuit mobility. It is concluded that Murra's model of verticality should be evaluated on a case by case basis.
Download or read book Diachronic Study of Dental Paleopathology and Attritional Status of Prehistoric Ontario Pre Iroquois and Iroquois Populations written by Archaeological Survey of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dental Health of Four Pre Columbian Oneota Burial Populations from La Crosse County Wisconsin written by Rosemary Pennefeather and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of the Dental Paleopathology from the Engelbert Site Nichols New York written by Thomas Cushman Webster and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Dental Micro defects of Prehistoric Populations from Illinois written by Jerome Carl Rose and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The oral paleopathology and odontology of pre Columbian Peruvians written by Danny Ray Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of the Dentitions of an Ohio Pre Columbian Indian Population written by James Timothy Fanno and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Native Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area written by Dave Grant and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In analyzing burial populations from seven sites in the Santa Clara Valley, patterns on teeth were found that did not conform to the flat normative wear explanation. This study attempts to expand upon the seminal work of Molnar (1968), Hinton (1981), and Keiser (2001a, 2001b) and to propose a definitional refinement of wear patterns found on teeth from populations in Central California. Flat normative wear was present. In addition, four additional distinct wear patterns were found. Wear patterns include slants and scoops on posterior teeth and rounding and grooving on anterior teeth. Statistically significant differences were identified between an older (4,000-2930BP) northern population and younger (2200BP-250BP) populations from the Santa Clara Valley. Analysis of the southern population suggests that these individuals did not utilize their teeth as frequently to produce patterned wear and suggests an elite class that was exempt from normal processing activities. The percentage of slants, rounding, and scoops all increased through time from the older, northern population to the younger, southern populations. Males exhibited more flat wear and more slant wear than females. Southern males had more slant wear than females and were evenly split on the rounding pattern. Scoops, which may be related to arrow shaft processing or peeling, are overwhelmingly found in the southern population after the adoption of the bow and arrow in this area. Further research is called for to further refine and define these processes.
Download or read book USING DENTAL METRIC ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND PREHISTORIC POPULATION VARIABILITY ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN written by Kara Danielle Weidner and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodistance studies can quantify intra- and inter- population relatedness through non-metric and metric skeletal variables. In this study, dental metric traits of two linguistically distinct Late Woodland (AD 800-1650) populations, the Algonquian and Tuscarora-speaking groups within the North Carolina coastal regions, were assessed to determine if presumed linguistic barriers led to a reduced gene flow. Previous research by Kakaliouras (2003) and Killgrove (2002) using cranial and dental non-metric traits identified few significant differences in frequencies of these traits between the Algonquian and Tuscarora, suggesting little genetic differentiation between the two groups. This research used the dental metrics of 170 Algonquian and 53 Tuscarora individuals found that the Algonquians had significantly more variation in only the canine buccolingual measurement (CBL) (Levene's F=8.6644; p=0.0049). The Tuscarora had significantly more variation in the first premolar mesiodistal measurement (PM1MD) (Levene's F=65.5607; p[less than]0.0001) but otherwise identified no overall significant differences in variation (Van Valen Z=1.45012, p=0.1470). These results largely agree with other studies that utilized various cranial and dental non-metric traits, and indicate that genetic dissimilarity did not follow that of language variability. Furthermore, one site linguistically categorized as Tuscarora but which shows a mixture of Algonquian and Tuscarora culturally-affiliated artifacts, was distinguished as Algonquian in all ten measurements, including the PM1MD (t=-1.99254, p=0.0085), first molar buccolingual measurement (M1BL) (t=1.99254, p=0.0124) and first molar mesiodistal measurement (M1MD) (t=1.99354, p=0.0120).
Download or read book A Diachronic Study of Dental Palaeopathology and Attritional Status of Prehistoric Ontario Pre Iroquois and Iroquois Populations written by David Kingsnorth Patterson and published by National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada. This book was released on 1984 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dental Anthropology written by Simon Hillson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teeth are one of the best sources of evidence for both identification and studies of demography, biological relationships and health in ancient human communities. This text introduces the complex biology of teeth and provides a practical guide to the: • excavation, cleaning, storage and recording of dental remains • identification of human teeth including those in a worn or fragmentary state • methods for studying variation in tooth morphology • study of microscopic internal and external structure of dental tissues, and methods of age-determination • estimation of age-at-death from dental development, tooth wear and dental histology • recording of dental disease in archaeological and museum collections Dental Anthropology is the text for students and researchers in anthropology and archaeology, together with others interested in dental remains from archaeological sites, museum collections or forensic cases.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology written by William F. Keegan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.
Download or read book Surviving Spanish Conquest written by Karen F. Anderson-Córdova and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the transformation that occurred in Indian communities during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico from 1492 to 1550
Download or read book Communities in Contact written by Corinne Lisette Hofman and published by Sidestone Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities in Contact represents the outcome of the Fourth International Leiden in the Caribbean symposium entitled From Prehistory to Ethnography in the circum-Caribbean. The contributions included in this volume cover a wide range of topics from a variety of disciplines - archaeology, bioarchaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography - revolving around the themes of mobility and exchange, culture contact, and settlement and community. The application of innovative approaches and the multi-dimensional character of these essays have provided exiting new perspectives on the indigenous communities of the circum-Caribbean and Amazonian regions throughout prehistory until the present.
