Theme:
Theories and methods in archaeological sciences
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
Teeth are amazing! The contribution of dental anthropology in reconstructing lifestyles, social behaviors, health and diet in the past
Content:
Teeth are amazing! Their excellent degree of preservation and ‘survival rate’ in archaeological and forensic contexts is widely recognized. However, their consideration as a primary source of information in the reconstruction of ancient lifestyles has been somewhat ungrateful. The latest development of forensic, biochemical and genetic studies, in which teeth are one of the main objects of research, has proven the potential of dental anthropology in exploring our past. From this approach, this session seeks to integrate a variety of investigations focused on the reconstruction of diets, lifestyles and health status of past societies through the analysis of teeth as primary source of information, by integrating different dental methodological approaches on bioarchaeological studies, such as dental biodistance, morphological variability, microdental and biochemical technics of dental analysis. As well as, it seeks to provide a venue of discussion about the potential of new dental anthropological techniques and methodologies in the archaeological interpretation.
Keywords:
teeth, dental_anthropology, health, diet, lifestyles
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Main organiser:
PhD. Student Maria Kolp-Godoy Allende (Switzerland) 1
Co-organisers:
Dent. Surgeon Dr. Anton Samplonius Angobaldo (Peru) 2,3
Robert C. Power (Germany) 4,5
Affiliations:
1. University of Zurich, Department of Prehistoric Archaeology
2. Odontological Office Torres de San Isidro Golf
3. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
4. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie und Provinzialrömische Archäologie
5. Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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