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Kinship analysis using rare nonmetric dental traits in a prehistoric cemetery f...
Solari, Ana; Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Pessis, Anne Marie; Martin, Gabriela; Scott, G. RichardThis study evaluates whether three prehistoric burials containing 12 individuals (three adults and nine subadults) could represent family relationships in a small cemetery from a Middle Holocene site in Northeastern Brazil. In the absence of collagen for aDNA analysis, the hypothesis of genetic kinship relationship was verified through the analysis of nonmetric dental traits. Two rare nonmetric dental traits we...
On the applicability of the assessment of dental tooth wear for the study of co...
Marado, Luís Miguel; Cunha, Cláudia; Scott, G. Richard; Tomé, Tiago; Machado, Hugo; Silva, Ana MariaTeeth are a very important resource in Biological Anthropology. One of their many uses is the evaluation of dental wear, which can document both masticatory and non-masticatory behavior. The objectives of this work are to 1) present a protocol for scoring evidence of non-masticatory activity applicable to all kinds of contexts (including commingled collective burials), 2) suggest interpretation tools, and 3) us...