Study of dental calculus in archaeological populations from northern Chile
Dental calculus and dental pathologies of 40 adults from 4 archaeological sites from the coastand valley of northern Chile were studied: MO 1/6, PLM-4, AZ-8 and CAM-9, analyzing 10individuals per site. In all of the dental calculus analyzed, phytolith and starches were found,except on the Late Archa...
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Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Lenguaje: | Español |
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo
2019
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Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/976 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80148 |
Sumario: | Dental calculus and dental pathologies of 40 adults from 4 archaeological sites from the coastand valley of northern Chile were studied: MO 1/6, PLM-4, AZ-8 and CAM-9, analyzing 10individuals per site. In all of the dental calculus analyzed, phytolith and starches were found,except on the Late Archaic MO 1/6 site, which although did not present starch did presentphytoliths. These results are consistent with the macroscopical observation, where individualsbelonging to MO 1/6 site do not present dental cavities and generally have better dental healththan those individuals from the Late Intermediate and Late Period, both valley and the coastassociated with a mixed diet. Furthermore, a good concordance between grave goods plants andthe identified varieties in the dental calculus was observed in individuals from Late Intermediateand Late period sites. |
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