A World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local,) - Hardcover

 
9780813054834: A World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local,)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813054834 ISBN 13: 9780813054834
Verlag: University Press of Florida, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

"Brings together studies from diverse time periods and geographic regions to deliver a comprehensive biocultural treatment of dental modification. The volume amply documents the diversity of ways humans modify their teeth and the variety of reasons they may do so."--Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, author of What Teeth Reveal about Human Evolution Tooth modification is the longest-lasting type of body modification and the most widespread in the archaeological record. It has been practiced throughout many time periods and on every occupied continent and conveys information about individual people, their societies, and their relationships to others. This necessary volume presents the wide spectrum of intentional dental modification in humans across the globe over the past 16,000 years. These essays draw on research from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. Through archaeological studies, historical and ethnographic sources, and observations of contemporary people, contributors examine instances of tooth filing, notching, inlays, dyeing, and removal. They discuss how to distinguish between these purposeful modifications of teeth and normal wear and tear or disease while demonstrating what patterns of tooth modification can reveal about people and their cultures in the past and present. A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Scott E. Burnett is professor of anthropology at Eckerd College. Joel D. Irish, professor of bioarchaeology at Liverpool John Moores University and professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is coauthor or coeditor of several books, including A Companion to Dental Anthropology.

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Verlag
University Press of Florida
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0813054834
ISBN 13 
9780813054834
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
368
Herausgeber
Burnett Scott E., Irish Joel D.
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