Long 'on' the Tooth
Dental Evidence of Diet
- 1st Edition - November 21, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Christopher W. Schmidt
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 3 0 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 3 0 7 - 7
Long 'on' the Tooth: Dental Evidence of Diet addresses human dental macroscopic and microscopic wear, as well as dental disease, as indicators of diet. The book focuses primar… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLong 'on' the Tooth: Dental Evidence of Diet addresses human dental macroscopic and microscopic wear, as well as dental disease, as indicators of diet. The book focuses primarily on 350 pre-contact humans from North America dating from approximately 5,500 to 600 years ago. These populations had subsistence strategies ranging from terrestrial foraging to intensive maize agriculture. The study makes intra- and intergroup comparisons to elucidate dietary nuances that are largely beyond the reach of other means of dietary reconstruction. Finally, the book discusses the importance of using multiple dietary indicators in unison in order to provide paleodietary insights.
- Includes state-of-the-art dental microwear texture data
- Focuses on populations largely overlooked in archaeological and dental anthropology volumes
- Offers the first dental anthropology book to integrate dental pathology and dental microwear texture analysis
Forensic Anthropologists, Bioarchaeologists, Forensic Odontologists. Students in graduate level forensic science, forensic anthropology, or bioarchaeology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Taking a bite out of teeth
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Function
- Chapter 2. Ambassadors of the past: the archeological record
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Time
- A New World
- Paleoindian
- Early Archaic
- Middle/Late Archaic
- Early/Middle Woodland
- Late Woodland
- Late Precontact
- Chapter 3. Subsistence and paleodietary reconstructions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Paleobotanical evidence for subsistence in Indiana
- Faunal evidence for subsistence
- Material culture evidence for subsistence
- Diet
- Dental indicators of diet
- Limits of this dental study: no meat
- Chapter 4. Addressing the problem
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials: the study populations
- Methods
- Dietary characteristics indicated by teeth
- Chapter 5. What did we learn?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Part I: intragroup findings
- Part II: intergroup results
- Chapter 6. Discussion: what does it all mean?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Dietary reconstructions
- Contributions of the individual dental indicators
- Intergroup dietary relationships
- Chapter 7. Something to chew on
- Abstract
- Introduction
- There’s something in the teeth
- Dental Indicators of Diet now and later
- Once living people
- Control of the dead
- Who cares?
- Last bite
- References
- Further reading
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 21, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 184
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128243060
- eBook ISBN: 9780128243077
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Christopher W. Schmidt
Dr. Schmidt is a biological anthropologist and Eastern Woodlands archeologist. His research interests include dental anthropology, skeletal biology, dietary reconstruction, subsistence, and human-paleofauna interactions. As director of the Indiana Prehistory Laboratory, Dr. Schmidt is active in his field and works to get his students involved in fieldwork and research. He has published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the Journal of Forensic Science, and Indiana Archeology. He is also President of the Indiana Archeology Council. Dr. Schmidt is co-author of The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, Second Edition published by Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Indiana Prehistory Laboratory, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USARead Long 'on' the Tooth on ScienceDirect