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A World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global) - Hardcover

Scott E. Burnett (editor)|Joel D. Irish (editor)

 
9780813054834: A World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813054834 ISBN 13: 9780813054834
Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2017

Synopsis

"Brings together studies from diverse time periods and geographic regions to deliver a comprehensive biocultural treatment of dental modification. The volume amply documents the diversity of ways humans modify their teeth and the variety of reasons they may do so."--Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, author of What Teeth Reveal about Human Evolution

Tooth modification is the longest-lasting type of body modification and the most widespread in the archaeological record. It has been practiced throughout many time periods and on every occupied continent and conveys information about individual people, their societies, and their relationships to others. This necessary volume presents the wide spectrum of intentional dental modification in humans across the globe over the past 16,000 years.

These essays draw on research from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. Through archaeological studies, historical and ethnographic sources, and observations of contemporary people, contributors examine instances of tooth filing, notching, inlays, dyeing, and removal. They discuss how to distinguish between these purposeful modifications of teeth and normal wear and tear or disease while demonstrating what patterns of tooth modification can reveal about people and their cultures in the past and present.

A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

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About the Authors

Scott E. Burnett is professor of anthropology at Eckerd College.

Joel D. Irish, professor of bioarchaeology at Liverpool John Moores University and professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is coauthor or coeditor of several books, including A Companion to Dental Anthropology.

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Publisher
University Press of Florida
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813054834
ISBN 13 
9780813054834
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
336