Objective To provide an evidence-based resource for paleopathologists to consider multiple
skeletal indicators of pathology associated with early tooth loss in children to aid in …

Objective Oral status is an important indicator of past lifestyles. Determining the presence
and extent of oral pathologies helps reconstruct average oral health, paramasticatory …

The dental and oral pathologies of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ageherders from El
Mirador cave indicate good general oral health in both populations as deduced from the low …

This chapter provides a discussion of the way that dental disease is used in biological
anthropology and paleopathology. Various conditions are included dental caries, calculus …

Objective Differential diagnosis and tabulation of cases of dental agenesis in Middle and
Upper Paleolithic Western Eurasian humans to synthesize this data and to test previous …

Intentionally modified teeth provide a durable record of past identities, but their identification
in archaeological samples has been inconsistent. This study assesses common diagnostic …

Teeth have long been a focus of body modification as a visible and durable medium for
communication with others through tooth removal (ablation), or alteration of tooth …

The Qafzeh site in Lower Galilee yielded a unique set of early modern Homo sapiens
skeletal remains dated to ca. 100 ka BP and represents all age categories from perinatal to …

This chapter synthesizes our understanding of the earliest body modifications, including the
origins of clothing and the use of mineral pigments and personal ornaments, to propose an …