Dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural context / edited by Christopher W. Schmidt, James T. Watson

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9780128156001

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599.943

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GN209

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GN 209

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Summary: Chapter 3 Diet and cultural diversity in Neanderthals and modern humans from dental macrowear analysesIntroduction; Materials; Methods; Statistical analysis; Results; Relative areas; Inclinations; Directional data; Discussion; Dietary signal; Abrasive signals; Cultural signals; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 Macrowear and the mechanical behavior of enamel; Introduction; Tooth structure and wear; Experimental and modeling studies of wear resistance in enamel; Study goals; Hypotheses and predictions; Materials and methods; Microscratch testing; Helium ion microscopySummary: Front Cover; Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; References; Chapter 1 An introduction to dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural contexts; A multifactorial process; Approaches to dental macrowear; Dental microwear; Purpose of this volume; Acknowledgments; References; Further reading; Chapter 2 Dental macrowear in catarrhine primates: Variability across species; Introduction; Samples studied; Tooth wear and enamel thickness assessment; Statistical analyses; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgments; ReferencesSummary: Non-carious lesions at the cementoenamel junctionMedico-legal implications of non-carious cervical lesions; Material and methods; Results; Case A; Case B; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7 Dental microwear texture analysis in bioarchaeology; Microwear formation; DMTA methods; Limits of DMTA; Case study 1; Results; Discussion; Case study 2; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Appendix; Undergraduate theses; Master's theses; Ph. D. dissertations; References; Further reading; Chapter 8 Dental microwear texture analysis in deciduous teethSummary: ResultsMicroscratch testing; Helium ion microscopy; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 The effects of aberrant tooth wear on occlusal relationships; Introduction; The state of the field; Recognizing interacting etiologies; Other intervening processes; A new model of aberrant wear; Social dimensions of aberrant wear; Aberrant wear as embodied social phenomena; Identifying communities of practice through aberrant wear; Conclusions; References; Further reading; Chapter 6 Deconstructing non-carious cervical lesions on teeth in forensic contextsSummary: Studies of subadult dental microwearDeciduous versus permanent microwear at Herculaneum; DMTA samples; Statistical procedures; Results; Discussion; Differences and diet; Other hypotheses; The enamel hypothesis; Mandibular morphology and movement; Using deciduous dental microwear; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9 Stable carbon isotope and molar microwear variability of South African australopiths in relation to paleohabitat ... ; Introduction; Carbon isotopes and microwear textures of South African australopiths; South African australopith paleohabitat reconstructionsPPN: PPN: 1685638279Package identifier: Produktsigel: BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB | ZDB-4-NLEBK

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