Dental health indicators of hunter-gatherer adaptation and cultural change in Siberia's Cis-Baikal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-339

  Lieverse, Angela R ^a   Link, David W ^b   Bazaliiskiy, Vladimir Ivanovich ^c   Goriunova, Olga Ivanovna ^c   Weber, Andzrej W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar defect; Antemortem tooth loss; Calculus; Caries; Dental attrition; Enamel hypoplasia; Forager; Middle holocene; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; HEALTH STATUS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CULTURE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PALEODONTOLOGY; SIBERIA; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 35348918964     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20672     Document Type: Article

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