Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20750
Title: The Biological Implications of the Transition to Agriculture in Ukraine: A Study of Enamel Hypoplasias
Contributor(s): Karsten, Jordan K (author); Ledogar, Sarah  (author)orcid ; Madden, Gwyn D (author); Sokhatskyi, Mykhailo P (author)
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20750
Abstract: The Tripolye were the first archaeological culture in Ukraine to cultivate domesticated cereals, practice animal husbandry, and establish large settlements with high population densities. This cultural adaptation was much different than that of mobile hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Ukrainian Mesolithic/Neolithic, and likely resulted in different outcomes for human health. This study compares the rates of enamel hypoplasias in a Tripolye skeletal population with that of Mesolithic/ Neolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers. A recently excavated sample of dentitions representing a minimum of 35 individuals from Verteba Cave was examined macroscopically for hypoplasias and was compared statistically to published rates for hunter-fisher-gatherers. The Tripolye from Verteba Cave were found to have at least one enamel hypoplasia on 18.18% of teeth, while the hunter-fisher-gatherers have hypoplastic lesions on 1.88% of teeth. When examined at the individual level, 48.57% of the Tripolye were found to have at least one hypoplasia, as compared to 12.77% of the hunter-fisher-gatherer individuals. The results indicate that the agropastoral Tripolye experienced significantly more systemic stress than the hunter-fisher-gatherers. The higher stress likely relates to dietary and behavioral variables associated with the Tripolye's agropastoral economy, including heavy reliance on cereals as weaning foods and sanitary problems linked to sedentism.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Dental Anthropology, 27(01 and 02), p. 16-25
Publisher: Dental Anthropology Association
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1096-9411
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
160102 Biological (Physical) Anthropology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430104 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
440103 Biological (physical) anthropology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
950504 Understanding Europe's Past
970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130704 Understanding Europe’s past
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://www.dentalanthropology.org/journal/
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