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TechniqueandApplicationinDentalAnthropology
Bringing together a variety of today’s most accomplished dental
researchers, Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology covers
arangeoftopicsgermanetothestudyofhumanandotherprimateteeth.
Thechaptersencompassworkonbothindividualsandsamples,ranging
fromprehistoricthroughrecenttimes.Thefocusthroughoutthebookis
themethodologyrequiredforthestudyofmoderndentalanthropology,
comprisingthemostup-to-datescientificmethodsinusetoday–ranging
from simple observation to advanced computer-based analyses – which
canbeutilizedbythereaderintheirowndentalresearch.Originatingfrom
thetwentiethanniversarymeetingoftheDentalAnthropologyAssocia-
tion,thisisavaluablereferencesourceforadvancedundergraduateand
graduatestudents,academicresearchers,andprofessionalsinthesocial
andlifesciences,aswellasclinicians.
JOEL D. IRISH isaProfessorintheDepartmentofAnthropologyatthe
UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks.
GREG C. NELSONisanAdjunctAssistantProfessorintheDepartment
ofAnthropologyattheUniversityofOregon.
CambridgeStudiesinBiologicalandEvolutionaryAnthropology
Serieseditors
HUMAN ECOLOGY
C.G.NicholasMascie-Taylor,UniversityofCambridge
MichaelA.Little,StateUniversityofNewYork,Binghamton
GENETICS
KennethM.Weiss,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
HUMAN EVOLUTION
RobertA.Foley,UniversityofCambridge
NinaG.Jablonski,CaliforniaAcademyofScience
PRIMATOLOGY
KarenB.Strier,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison
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Technique and Application in
Dental Anthropology
Editedby
JoelD.Irish
UniversityofAlaska,Fairbanks
GregC.Nelson
UniversityofOregon
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Contents
Contributors page vii
Acknowledgments xiv
SectionI: Context
1 Introduction 3
JoelD.IrishandGregC.Nelson
2 Historyofdentalanthropology 10
G.RichardScottandChristyG.TurnerII
3 Statisticalapplicationsindentalanthropology 35
EdwardF.Harris
SectionII: Applicationsinassessingpopulationhealth
4 Usingperikymatatoestimatethedurationofgrowth
disruptionsinfossilhomininteeth:issuesof
methodologyandinterpretation 71
DebbieGuatelli-Steinberg
5 Microspatialdistributionsofleadandzincinhuman
deciduoustoothenamel 87
LouiseT.Humphrey,TeresaE.Jeffries,and
M.ChristopherDean
6 Thecurrentstateofdentaldecay 111
SimonHillson
7 Dentalcariesprevalencebysexinprehistory:
magnitudeandmeaning 136
JohnR.LukacsandLindaM.Thompson
8 DentalpathologyprevalenceandpervasivenessatTepe
Hissar:statisticalutilityforinvestigating
inter-relationshipsbetweenwealth,gender,andstatus 178
BrianE.Hemphill
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SectionIII: Appliedlifeandpopulationhistory
9 Chartingthechronologyofdevelopingdentitions 219
GaryT.SchwartzandM.ChristopherDean
10 Dentalagerevisited 234
HelenM.Liversidge
11 Primatedentaltopographicanalysisandfunctional
morphology 253
PeterS.UngarandJonathanM.Bunn
12 Forensicdentalanthropology:issuesandguidelines 266
ChristopherW.Schmidt
13 Inter-andintra-specificvariationinPantoothcrown
morphology:implicationsforNeandertaltaxonomy 293
SharaE.Bailey
14 Thequantitativegeneticanalysisofprimatedental
variation:historyoftheapproachandprospectsfor
thefuture 317
OliverT.Rizk,SarahK.Amugongo,MichaelC.Mahaney,
andLesleaJ.Hlusko
SectionIV: Forefrontoftechnique
15 Methodsofingestionandincisaldesigns 349
KalpanaR.Agrawal,K.Y.Ang,ZhongquanSui,Hugh
T.W.Tan,andPeterW.Lucas
16 DentalreductioninLatePleistoceneandEarly
Holocenehominids:alternativeapproachesto
assessingtoothsize 364
CharlesM.FitzgeraldandSimonHillson
17 Dentalmicrowearanalysis:historicalperspectivesand
newapproaches 389
PeterS.Ungar,RobertS.Scott,JessicaR.Scott,and
MarkTeaford
18 Virtualdentitions:touchingthehiddenevidence 426
RobertoMacchiarelli,LucaBondioli,and
ArnaudMazurier
Index 449
Contributors
KalpanaAgrawal
DepartmentofAnatomy
LaboratoryBlock
FacultyofMedicineBuilding
21SassoonRoad
HongKong
SarahK.Amugongo
DepartmentofIntegrativeBiology
UniversityofCalifornia
3060ValleyLifeSciencesBuilding
Berkeley
California94720
USA
KaiYangAng
DepartmentofBiologicalSciences
NationalUniversityofSingapore
14ScienceDrive4
Singapore117543
RepublicofSingapore
SharaE.Bailey
DepartmentofAnthropology
NewYorkUniversity
25WaverlyPlace
NewYork
NewYork10003
USA
LucaBondioli
MuseoNazionalePreistoricoEtnografico“LuigiPigorini”
SezionediAntropologia
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P.leG.Marconi14
00144Rome
Italy
JonathanM.Bunn
OldMain330
DepartmentofAnthropology
UniversityofArkansas
Fayetteville
Arkansas72701
USA
M.ChristopherDean
EvolutionaryAnatomyUnit
DepartmentofAnatomyandDevelopmentalBiology
UniversityCollegeLondon
LondonWC1E6BT
UK
CharlesM.FitzGerald
DepartmentofAnthropology
McMasterUniversity
Hamilton
Ontario
CanadaL8S4L9
DebbieGuatelli-Steinberg
DepartmentofAnthropology
244LordHall
124West17thAvenue
TheOhioStateUniversity
Columbus
Ohio43210
USA
EdwardF.Harris
DepartmentofOrthodontics
CollegeofDentistry
TheHealthScienceCenter
UniversityofTennessee
