Long 'on' the Tooth addresses human dental macroscopic and microscopic wear, as well as dental disease, as indicators of diet. It focuses primarily on approximately 350 pre-contact humans from North America dating from approximately 5,500 to 600 years ago. These populations had subsistence strategies ranging from terrestrial foraging to intensive maize agriculture. The study makes intra- and intergroup comparisons to elucidate dietary nuances that are largely beyond the reach of other means of dietary reconstruction. Finally, it discusses the importance of using multiple dietary indicators in unison in order to provide paleodietary insights. Includes state-of-the-art dental microwear texture dataFocuses on populations largely overlooked in archaeological and dental anthropology volumesFirst dental anthropology book to integrate dental pathology and dental microwear texture analysis INDICE: 1. Introduction: Taking a Bite Out of Teeth 2. Ambassadors of the Past: The Archaeological Record 3. Who Knows What Ancient People Ate? Paleodietary Reconstructions 4. Addressing the Problem: What Was Studied and How 5. What Do We Think We Know? 6. Who Cares? What Does it All Mean? 7. Chew on This: Diets of the Past and Their Roles in the Future
- ISBN: 978-0-12-824306-0
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 150
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés