Veterinary Archives, Vol. 86 No. 2, 2016.
Short communication, Note
A rare severe enamel defect on an upper pig molar from an early medieval stronghold in Prague (Czech Republic) - short communication.
Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen
; ArchaeoBioCenter and Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
René Kyselý
; Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, v.v.i., Czech Republic
Abstract
The present communication describes the case of an approx. 9 month old pig from the early medieval fortress Vyšehrad in Prague (Bohemia, Czech Republic). It showed an exceptionally severe enamel defect (plane-form hypoplasia) in the upper half of the crown of a right upper first molar. The plane-form defect was probably triggered by short-term disturbances of the enamel matrix secretion. After a period of approximately 1.5 or 2 months, normal enamel secretion may be assumed. Such strong hypoplasia is extremely rare in osteoarchaeological records. Regarding the age of the pig in question, the enamel defect could have been caused by problems during or after birth and/or during weaning.
Keywords
enamel hypoplasia; severe dental malformation; infection; pig (Sus domesticus); Middle Ages; weaning
Hrčak ID:
157060
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Publication date:
22.4.2016.
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