Short communication, Note
Evaluation of dental non-metric traits in a medieval population from Ibiza (Spain)
Carrie Springs Pacelli
Nicholas Márquez-Grant
; Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK
Abstract
Rescue excavations between 2006 and 2008 of the Medieval rural cemetery of Molí de Can Fonoll in Ibiza, Spain, revealed a total of 167 individuals, of which 141 were assessed for dental morphological variants. The analysis aimed primarily at assessing the frequency of dental non-metric traits in this population. 21 dental non-metric traits were selected for observation based on the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System. No considerably high percentages were found in the population and no comparative data was present to infer about biological distances. Thus, the aim was to present the data for future study and to provide a small register for the region. The most significant frequencies of crown morphological variants found to be present within this Mediterranean population were hypoconulid (38.22%), shoveling (21.79%), and tuberculum dentale (19.18%).
Keywords
Dental Non-Metric Traits; Medieval Population; Spain
Hrčak ID:
62756
URI
Publication date:
27.12.2010.
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