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dc.contributor.authorFiorenza, Lucaen
dc.contributor.authorKullmer, Ottmaren
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-21T16:15:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationHOMO: journal of comparative human biology, 66(5), p. 414-419en
dc.identifier.issn1618-1301en
dc.identifier.issn0018-442Xen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20507-
dc.description.abstractThe use of teeth as tools for manipulating objects and simple food-processing methods was common among prehistoric and modern hunter-gatherer human populations. Paramasticatory uses of teeth frequently produce enamel chipping and distinctive types of dental wear that can readily be related to specific tool functions. In particular, the presence of unusual occlusal wear areas (named para-facets) on maxillary teeth of prehistoric, historic and modern hunter-gatherers has been associated with cultural habits involving extensive use of teeth (Fiorenza et al., 2011 ; Fiorenza and Kullmer, 2013). However, Sarig and Tillier (2014) believe that this wear had been caused by pathological occlusal relationships rather than by the use of teeth as tools. In this contribution, we show how occlusal contacts are created and how it is possible to distinguish between masticatory and non-masticatory wear facets by using an innovative digital approach called Occlusal Fingerprint Analysis. Statistical results from the analysis of comparative modern samples clearly demonstrate that described para-facets in Skhul and Qafzeh could not have been produced by dental occlusal anomalies such as malocclusions and crossbites. Moreover, dental pathologies in prehistoric humans were extremely rare. Only with the adoption of the modern lifestyle between 18th and 19th centuries, did the emergence of malocclusions become significantly more common. Because more than 50% of the Skhul and Qafzeh individuals analysed in our study are characterised by this distinctive type of wear, it is highly unlikely that their para-facets occurred as a result of dental pathologies.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier GmbH - Urban und Fischeren
dc.relation.ispartofHOMO: journal of comparative human biologyen
dc.titleDental wear patterns in early modern humans from Skhul and Qafzeh: A response to Sarig and Tillieren
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jchb.2015.04.002en
dc.subject.keywordsArchaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levanten
dc.subject.keywordsBioinformaticsen
local.contributor.firstnameLucaen
local.contributor.firstnameOttmaren
local.subject.for2008210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levanten
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local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2008950504 Understanding Europe's Pasten
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emaillfiorenz@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20170324-094042en
local.publisher.placeGermanyen
local.format.startpage414en
local.format.endpage419en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume66en
local.identifier.issue5en
local.title.subtitleA response to Sarig and Tillieren
local.contributor.lastnameFiorenzaen
local.contributor.lastnameKullmeren
dc.identifier.staffune-id:lfiorenzen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:20703en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleDental wear patterns in early modern humans from Skhul and Qafzehen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorFiorenza, Lucaen
local.search.authorKullmer, Ottmaren
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local.identifier.wosid000364264000003en
local.year.published2015en
local.subject.for2020430104 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levanten
local.subject.for2020310299 Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2020280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studiesen
local.subject.seo2020280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2020130704 Understanding Europe’s pasten
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