Overview
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Kurt W. Alt
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Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany
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Friedrich W. Rösing
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Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Maria Teschler-Nicola
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Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XXVI
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Dental Anthropology - An Introduction
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- Kurt W. Alt, Friedrich W. Rösing, Maria Teschler-Nicola
Pages 1-3
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Teeth in History
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- Kurt W. Alt, C. Loring Brace, Jens C. Türp
Pages 15-39
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- Kurt W. Alt, Jens C. Türp
Pages 41-55
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- Maria Teschler-Nicola, Michaela Kneissel, Franz Brandstätter, Hermann Prossinger
Pages 57-68
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Dental Morphology, Structure, and Evolution
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- Jens C. Türp, Kurt W. Alt
Pages 71-94
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- Kurt W. Alt, Jens C. Türp
Pages 95-128
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- Thomas Koppe, Hiroshi Nagai
Pages 167-177
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Dental Pathology and Epidemiology
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Front Matter
Pages 201-201
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- Thomas F. Strohm, Kurt W. Alt
Pages 227-246
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- Kurt W. Alt, Jens C. Türp, Rüdiger Wächter
Pages 247-276
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- Michael Schultz, Petra Carli-Thiele, Tyede H. Schmidt-Schultzf, Uwe Kierdorf, Horst Kierdorf, Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen et al.
Pages 293-311
About this book
Shelley Saunders This book offers a welcome diversity of topics covering the broader subjects of teeth and the study of teeth by anthropologists. There is an impressive array of coverage here including the history of anthropological study of the teeth, morphology and structure, pathology and epidemiology, the relationship between nutrition, human behavior and the dentition, age and sex estimation from teeth, and geographic and genetic variation. Most chapter authors have provided thorough reviews of their subjects along with examples of recent analytical work and recommendations for future research. North American researchers should particularly appreciate the access to an extensive European literature cited in the individual chapter bibliographies. Physical anthropologists with even a passing interest in dental research should greet the publication of this book with pleasure since it adds to a growing list of books on how the study of teeth can tell us so much about past human populations. In addition to the archaeological applications, there is the forensic objective of dental anthropology which the editors refer to in their introduction which is dealt with in this volume. The chapters dealing with methods of sex determination, age estimation of juveniles and age estimation of adults using the teeth are exhaustive and exacting and of critical importance to both "osteoarchaeologists" and forensic anthropologists. Authors Liversidge, Herdeg and Rosing provide very clear guidelines for the use of dental formation standards in juvenile age estimation, recommendations that are so obviously necessary at this time.
Reviews
"... an excellent overview of the multidisciplinary nature of dental anthropology including some of the limitations of present approaches, as well as future directions ... a valuable addition to the literature in dental anthropology ... recommended to teachers, researchers and postgraduate students in the field.” Anthropological Science
"... A new, modern text on this interesting subject. Hundreds of excellent illustrations. Well referenced.” Journal of the American Association of Forensic Dentists, 4–6/1999
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany
Kurt W. Alt
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Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Friedrich W. Rösing
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Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Maria Teschler-Nicola
