Oral health and the postcontact adaptive transition: A contextual reconstruction of diet in mórrope, peru

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-609

  Klaus, Haagen D ^a,b,c   Tam, Manuel E ^d  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museo Nacional Sicán Ferreñafe   (Peru)

^c Departamento de Lambayeque   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Dental anthropology; Dental caries; Female fertility; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GRANULOMA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PERU; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CHANGE; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH WEAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIALISM; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PERIODONTITIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH WEAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950819913     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21179     Document Type: Article

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