Dental health in Northern Chile's Atacama oases: Evaluating the Middle Horizon (AD 500-1000) impact on local diet

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-72

  Hubbe, Mark ^a   Torres Rouff, Christina ^a,b   Neves, Walter Alves ^c   King, Laura M ^a   Da Gloria, Pedro ^d   Costa, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioarchaeology; caries; dental wear; San Pedro de Atacama; Tiwanaku

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CEMETERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 84859895142     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22042     Document Type: Article

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