ISBN:
9781108397360
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (538 pages)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
573.6/314
Kurzfassung:
Hillson provides a biological context for human teeth, a guide to key skills, and an introduction to current issues. Designed to be the core textbook for courses on bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and palaeoanthropology, this is the definitive manual for tooth identification, variation, histology, wear, and disease.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Reviews -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- What is Dental Anthropology and Who is Interested in It? -- What Has Changed in the New Edition? -- The Aims and Contents of This Book -- How Did Dental Anthropology Evolve? -- Dental Anthropology and Destructive Sampling -- Abbreviations -- 1 Dental Anatomy -- 1.1 Definitions For Dental Anatomy -- 1.1.1 Taxa Included -- 1.1.2 Labels For Teeth -- 1.1.3 Asymmetry and Identifying Left and Right Teeth -- 1.1.4 Measurements of Crown Size -- 1.1.5 General Note On Drawings -- 1.1.6 General Appearance of Teeth in X-Rays -- 1.2 The Dental Arcade in Monkeys and Hominids -- 1.3 Incisors -- 1.3.1 Incisor Crowns -- 1.3.2 Incisor Roots and Pulp Chamber -- 1.3.3 Incisor Wear and Fragmentation -- 1.4 Canines -- 1.4.1 Low Crowned Canines in Humans and Extinct Hominids -- 1.4.2 Tall Crowned Canines in Living Non-Human Primates -- 1.4.3 Canine Roots and Pulp Chamber -- 1.4.4 Canine Wear and Fragmentation -- 1.5 Confusions in Distinguishing Between Human Incisors and Canines -- 1.6 Upper Permanent Premolars -- 1.6.1 Upper Permanent Premolar Crown -- 1.6.2 Upper Permanent Premolar Roots and Pulp Chamber -- 1.6.3 Upper Permanent Premolar Wear and Fragmentation -- 1.7 Lower Permanent Premolars -- 1.7.1 Sectorial Lower Permanent Third Premolars -- 1.7.2 Non-Sectorial Lower Permanent Third and Fourth Premolar Crown Features -- 1.7.3 Lower Permanent Premolar Roots and Pulp Chamber -- 1.7.4 Lower Premolar Wear and Fragmentation -- 1.8 Upper Permanent Molars -- 1.8.1 Upper Permanent Molar Crowns -- 1.8.2 Upper Permanent Molar Roots and Pulp Chamber -- 1.8.3 Upper Permanent Molar Wear and Fragmentation -- 1.9 Lower Permanent Molars -- 1.9.1 Lower Permanent Molar Crowns -- 1.9.2 Lower Permanent Molar Roots and Pulp Chamber.
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