M. Guirguis (ed.), From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic: People, Goods and Ideas between East and West. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies (Italy, Sardinia-Carbonia, Sant’Antioco, 21-26 October 2013) (Folia Phoenicia, 1), Pisa-Roma , 2017
Demographic and palaeopathological study from dental remains.
Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia... more Demographic and palaeopathological study from dental remains.
Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia1, Diego López-Onaindia2, Francesca Biscu3, Ilenia Atzori4, Vittorio Mazzarello3, M. Eulàlia Subirà2.
1Unitat d’Antropologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 2(Grup de Recerca Aplicada al Patrimoni Cultural (GRAPAC). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 3 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Viale San Pietro 43/c, Sassari. 4Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Museum Studies Building, 19 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RF.
The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the demographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals based on a sample of mandibular and maxillary dental remains, found both in situ and ex situ, from an archaeological excavation located in the North-Central Sardinia, dating between the ninth and second centuries B.C. The analysed sample is constituted by 220 adult dentitions and 55 sub-adult dentitions, each of which has been identified and lateralized . The biological age-at-death was estimated through dental eruption patterns and performing an evaluation of root development in sub-adults, and examining dental wear in adults. Metric and morphological dental analysis were performed, recording every epigenetic and pathological evidence so to provide a general framework for the local population and reconstruct the features of the odonto – stomatognathic functional system. In addition, alterations due to contextual taphonomy, which might have influenced this sample completeness, were observed. The analysis performed show a low incidence of dental diseases, usually due to poor hygiene, diet and genetic issues, metabolic disorders (few cases related to hypoplasia) and epigenetic issues. We also found some interesting dental wear patterns that do not seem to correspond to the diet-related affection because of their angles and positions. Considering the odonto – stomatognathic system of this sample the overall framework shows a population in good health conditions. Moreover, the wear patterns indicate functional aspects of teeth, other than chewing food, in this sample.
in Sa massarìa. Ecologia storica dei sistemi di lavoro contadino in Sardegna a cura di Giovanni Serreli, Rita T. Melis, Charles French, Federica Sulas, (Europa e Mediterraneo. Storia e immagini di una comunità internazionale, 37), Cagliari 2017, tomo I , 2017
M. Guirguis (ed.), From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic: People, Goods and Ideas between East and West. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies (Italy, Sardinia-Carbonia, Sant’Antioco, 21-26 October 2013) (Folia Phoenicia, 1), Pisa-Roma , 2017
Demographic and palaeopathological study from dental remains.
Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia... more Demographic and palaeopathological study from dental remains.
Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia1, Diego López-Onaindia2, Francesca Biscu3, Ilenia Atzori4, Vittorio Mazzarello3, M. Eulàlia Subirà2.
1Unitat d’Antropologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 2(Grup de Recerca Aplicada al Patrimoni Cultural (GRAPAC). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 3 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Viale San Pietro 43/c, Sassari. 4Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Museum Studies Building, 19 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RF.
The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the demographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals based on a sample of mandibular and maxillary dental remains, found both in situ and ex situ, from an archaeological excavation located in the North-Central Sardinia, dating between the ninth and second centuries B.C. The analysed sample is constituted by 220 adult dentitions and 55 sub-adult dentitions, each of which has been identified and lateralized . The biological age-at-death was estimated through dental eruption patterns and performing an evaluation of root development in sub-adults, and examining dental wear in adults. Metric and morphological dental analysis were performed, recording every epigenetic and pathological evidence so to provide a general framework for the local population and reconstruct the features of the odonto – stomatognathic functional system. In addition, alterations due to contextual taphonomy, which might have influenced this sample completeness, were observed. The analysis performed show a low incidence of dental diseases, usually due to poor hygiene, diet and genetic issues, metabolic disorders (few cases related to hypoplasia) and epigenetic issues. We also found some interesting dental wear patterns that do not seem to correspond to the diet-related affection because of their angles and positions. Considering the odonto – stomatognathic system of this sample the overall framework shows a population in good health conditions. Moreover, the wear patterns indicate functional aspects of teeth, other than chewing food, in this sample.
in Sa massarìa. Ecologia storica dei sistemi di lavoro contadino in Sardegna a cura di Giovanni Serreli, Rita T. Melis, Charles French, Federica Sulas, (Europa e Mediterraneo. Storia e immagini di una comunità internazionale, 37), Cagliari 2017, tomo I , 2017
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Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia1, Diego López-Onaindia2, Francesca Biscu3, Ilenia Atzori4, Vittorio Mazzarello3, M. Eulàlia Subirà2.
1Unitat d’Antropologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
2(Grup de Recerca Aplicada al Patrimoni Cultural (GRAPAC). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
3 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Viale San Pietro 43/c, Sassari.
4Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Museum Studies Building, 19 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RF.
Keywords: teeth; taphonomy; paleopathology; Sardinia; anthropology.
The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the demographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals based on a sample of mandibular and maxillary dental remains, found both in situ and ex situ, from an archaeological excavation located in the North-Central Sardinia, dating between the ninth and second centuries B.C.
The analysed sample is constituted by 220 adult dentitions and 55 sub-adult dentitions, each of which has been identified and lateralized . The biological age-at-death was estimated through dental eruption patterns and performing an evaluation of root development in sub-adults, and examining dental wear in adults.
Metric and morphological dental analysis were performed, recording every epigenetic and pathological evidence so to provide a general framework for the local population and reconstruct the features of the odonto – stomatognathic functional system.
In addition, alterations due to contextual taphonomy, which might have influenced this sample completeness, were observed.
The analysis performed show a low incidence of dental diseases, usually due to poor hygiene, diet and genetic issues, metabolic disorders (few cases related to hypoplasia) and epigenetic issues. We also found some interesting dental wear patterns that do not seem to correspond to the diet-related affection because of their angles and positions.
Considering the odonto – stomatognathic system of this sample the overall framework shows a population in good health conditions. Moreover, the wear patterns indicate functional aspects of teeth, other than chewing food, in this sample.
Consuelo Rodriguez1, Clizia Murgia1, Diego López-Onaindia2, Francesca Biscu3, Ilenia Atzori4, Vittorio Mazzarello3, M. Eulàlia Subirà2.
1Unitat d’Antropologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
2(Grup de Recerca Aplicada al Patrimoni Cultural (GRAPAC). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
3 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Viale San Pietro 43/c, Sassari.
4Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Museum Studies Building, 19 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RF.
Keywords: teeth; taphonomy; paleopathology; Sardinia; anthropology.
The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the demographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals based on a sample of mandibular and maxillary dental remains, found both in situ and ex situ, from an archaeological excavation located in the North-Central Sardinia, dating between the ninth and second centuries B.C.
The analysed sample is constituted by 220 adult dentitions and 55 sub-adult dentitions, each of which has been identified and lateralized . The biological age-at-death was estimated through dental eruption patterns and performing an evaluation of root development in sub-adults, and examining dental wear in adults.
Metric and morphological dental analysis were performed, recording every epigenetic and pathological evidence so to provide a general framework for the local population and reconstruct the features of the odonto – stomatognathic functional system.
In addition, alterations due to contextual taphonomy, which might have influenced this sample completeness, were observed.
The analysis performed show a low incidence of dental diseases, usually due to poor hygiene, diet and genetic issues, metabolic disorders (few cases related to hypoplasia) and epigenetic issues. We also found some interesting dental wear patterns that do not seem to correspond to the diet-related affection because of their angles and positions.
Considering the odonto – stomatognathic system of this sample the overall framework shows a population in good health conditions. Moreover, the wear patterns indicate functional aspects of teeth, other than chewing food, in this sample.