Root canal morphology of chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age human populations of El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 297, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2342-2348

  Ceperuelo, Dolors ^a   Lozano, Marina ^b,c   Duran Sindreu, Fernando ^a   Mercadé, Montse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

CBCT analysis; First and second permanent molar; Inner anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONZE AGE; CAVE; CHALCOLITHIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT LENGTH; SPAIN; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; HISTORY; MANDIBLE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

HOMO SAPIENS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; SPAIN; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 84917670511     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22958     Document Type: Article

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