Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts

Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts provides a single source for disseminating the current state-of-the-art research regarding dental wear across a variety of hominoid species under a number of temporal and spatial contexts. The volume begins with a brief introductory chapter addressing the general history, understandings and approaches to the study of dental wear. Remaining chapters cover dental macrowear and dental microwear. Students and professionals in anthropology, specifically paleoanthropologists, bioarcheologists, archaeologists, and primatologists will find this book to be a valuable resource. In addition, it is a helpful guide for dentists and other dental professionals interested in dental function. Covers a wide range of topics, including method and theory, macrowear and microwear in primates, and fossil homininsHighlights several recent technological innovations, including occlusal fingerprinting, considerations of enamel mechanical properties, and microwear textureIncludes case studies from archaeological populations INDICE: 1. An Introduction to Dental Wear2. Dental Macrowear in Catarrhine Primates3. Diet and Cultural Diversity in Neanderthals and Modern Humans from Dental Macrowear4. Macrowear and Tooth Enamel Mechanical Properties5. The Effects of Aberrant Tooth Wear on Occlusal Relationships6. Dental Wear and Functional Occlusion in Clinical and Evolutionary Contexts7. Comparing Dental Macrowear to Microwear Texture Analysis8. Dental Microwear Texture Analysis among Modern Primates9. Dental Microwear Texture Analysis in Early Hominins10. Interpreting High Anisotropy among Mediterranean Neanderthals11. Dental Microwear Texture Analysis and Meat Consumption12. Dental Microwear Texture Analysis in Bioarchaeology13. Dental Microwear Texture Analysis in Ancient Israel

• ISBN: 978-0-12-815599-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés