A world view of bioculturally modified teeth
Body modifications--be they tattoos, piercings, or implants--have been with humankind for most of its existence. This volume shows that one aspect of that modification, dental modification, has been around for eons. This volume, based on a well-attended symposium at the American Association of Physical Anthropology meeting, goes beyond the simple textual descriptions to explore the cultural context and biological implications of these modifications. How can these be used to identify status, cla…
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- Full title :A world view of bioculturally modified teeth / Scott E. Burnett and Joel D. Irish.
Summary
Body modifications--be they tattoos, piercings, or implants--have been with humankind for most of its existence. This volume shows that one aspect of that modification, dental modification, has been around for eons. This volume, based on a well-attended symposium at the American Association of Physical Anthropology meeting, goes beyond the simple textual descriptions to explore the cultural context and biological implications of these modifications. How can these be used to identify status, class, migration, and even health?
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- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University Press of Florida
- Place of Publication:Gainesville
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780813052977, 0813052971
- oclc:on1005139131
- LC Classification:GN209
- Dewey Decimal:599.9/43
Table of Contents
Introduction / Scott E. Burnett and Joel D. Irish -- Africa: the first and the present -- Characterizing ablation in the later stone age Maghreb: chronology and significance / Isabelle De Groote and Louise T. Humphrey -- Knocking, filing, and chipping: dental modification in Sub-Saharan Africans / Joel D. Irish -- Identity marker or medicinal treatment? an exploration of the practice and purpose of dental ablation in ancient Nubia / Katelyn L. Bolhofner -- Dental modification in modern day Cape Town, South Africa: a link to the past / L.J. Friedling -- Europe and Northeast Asia: out and about -- Dental modifications of anterior teeth in the Danish Viking age / Verner Alexandersen and Niels Lynnerup -- The relationship between intentional dental ablation and hereditary agenesis in late neolithic-early bronze age China / Christine Lee -- Tooth ablation in early neolithic skeletons from Taiwan / Michael Pietrusewsky, Adam Lauer, Cheng-hwa Tsang, Kuang-ti Li, and Michele Toomay Douglas -- Biocultural perspectives of Jomon dental ablation: social complexity, identity, and visage / Amanda R. Harvey, G. Richard Scott, Evan Pellegrini, and Christy G. Turner II -- Stable isotope analysis o…
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