DentalAnthropology

Teethareoneofthebestsourcesofevidenceforbothidentificationandstudiesofdemography,biologicalrelationshipsandhealthinancienthumancommunities.Thistextintroducesthecomplexbiologyofteethandprovidesapracticalguidetothe:?excavation,cleaning,storageandrecordingofdentalremains?identificationofhumanteethincludingthoseinawornorfragmentarystate?methodsforstudyingvariationintoothmorphology?studyofmicroscopicinternalandexternalstructureofdentaltissues,andmethodsofage-determination?estimationofage-at-deathfromdentaldevelopment,toothwearanddentalhistology?recordingofdentaldiseaseinarchaeologicalandmuseumcollectionsDentalAnthropologyisthetextforstudentsandresearchersinanthropologyandarchaeology,togetherwithothersinterestedindentalremainsfromarchaeologicalsites,museumcollectionsorforensiccases.