Dental caries prevalence as evidence for agriculture and subsistence variation during the Yayoi period in prehistoric Japan: Biocultural interpretations of an economy in transition

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-512

  Temple, Daniel H ^a   Larsen, Clark Spencer ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Dental anthropology; Dental caries; Japan; Rice agriculture; Yayoi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FORAGER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; PALEODONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 36348939777     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20694     Document Type: Article

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