Research Catalog

Title

Dental anthropology : fundamentals, limits, and prospects / Kurt W. Alt, Friedrich W. Rösing, Maria Teschler-Nicola (eds.).

Publication

Wien ; New York : Springer, c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Teschler-Nicola, Maria
• Alt, Kurt W.
• Rösing, Friedrich Wilhelm

Description

xxvi,564 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

This books offers a diversity of topics covering the broader subjects of teeth and the study of teeth by anthropologists. In addition to the archaeological applications of study, there is the forensic objective of dental anthropology.

Subjects

• Anthropology, Physical
• Tooth > anatomy & histology
• Paleodontology
• Dental anthropology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Dental anthropology : an introduction / Kurt W. Alt, Friedrich W. Rösing, and Maria Teschler-Nicola -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Weimar, and dental anthropology / Kurt W. Alt -- The history of dental anthropology / Kurt W. Alt, C. Loring Brace, and Jens C. Türp -- Roll call : thirty-two white horses on a red field : the advantages of the FDI two-digit system of designating teeth / Kurt W. Alt and Jens C. Türp -- A recently discovered Etruscan dental bridgework / Maria Teschler-Nicola ... [et al.].
• Anatomy and morphology of human teeth / Jens C. Türp and Kurt W. Alt -- Hereditary dental anomalies / Kurt W. Alt and Jens C. Türp -- Micromorphological features of human dental enamel / Ralf J. Radlanski -- The temporomandibular joint / Aleš Obrez and Jens C. Türp -- The maxillary sinus of extant catarrhine primates / Thomas Koppe and Hiroshi Nagai -- Current aspects of dental research in paleoanthropology / Winfried Henke -- Caries : ancient plague of humankind / Peter Caselitz.
• Periodontal diseases : etiology, classification, and diagnosis / Thomas F. Strohm and Kurt W. Alt -- Periapical lesions : clinical and anthropological aspects / Kurt W. Alt, Jens C. Türp, and Rüdiger Wächter -- Paleopathological evidence of jaw tumors / Eugen Strouhal -- Enamel hypoplasias in archaeological skeletal remains / Michael Schultz ... [et al.] -- Diet and nutrition in prehistoric Central Europe / Hermann Prossinger and Christoph Willms.
• "Archives of childhood" : the research potential of trace element analyses of ancient human dental enamel / Gisela Grupe -- Gross dental wear and dental microwear in historical perspective / Jerome C. Rose and Peter S. Ungar -- Artifical modifications on human teeth / Kurt W. Alt and Sandra L. Pichler -- Dental age estimation of non-adults : a review of methods and principles / Helen M. Liversidge, Berthold Herdeg, and Friedrich W. Rösing.
• Dental age in adults : a review of estimation methods / Friedrich W. Rösing and Sigrid I. Kvaal -- Degeneration in dental hard tissues and pulp / Tore Solheim -- Sex determination using tooth dimensions / Maria Teschler-Nicola and Hermann Prossinger -- The reconstruction of missing tooth dimensions as a prerequisite for sex determination / Hermann Prossinger -- World variation of tooth size / Sigmar Schnutenhaus and Friedrich W. Rösing -- Kinship studies in skeletal remains : concepts and examples / Kurt W. Alt and Werner Vach.

ISBN

3211829741 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98037799^

OCLC

• 39545788
• SCSB-14234367

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library