Para-masticatory wear facets and their functional significance in hunter-gatherer maxillary molars

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2182-2189

  Fiorenza, Luca ^a,b   Benazzi, Stefano ^c   Kullmer, Ottmar ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dental chipping; Occlusal compass; Para facets; Wear facets

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUNTER-GATHERER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOOTH;

EID: 79960095525     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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