The Matty Canyon Population: Dental Observations of Late Archaic Individuals from Southern Arizona
Skeletal and dental material from the largest known burial population from the Late Archaic Period of southern Arizona was analyzed (Minturn and Lincoln-Babb, n.d.). Minturn performed the skeletal analyses, including the standard observations for age, sex, and pathologies. The dental analyses suppor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
1995-05-01
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| Series: | Dental Anthropology |
| Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/237/219 |
| Summary: | Skeletal and dental material from the largest known burial population from the Late Archaic Period of southern Arizona was analyzed (Minturn and Lincoln-Babb, n.d.). Minturn performed the skeletal analyses, including the standard observations for age, sex, and pathologies. The dental analyses support a mixed economy subsistence of hunting-gathering and agriculture. This conclusion is based on observations for caries, enamel chipping, abscessing, and enamel hypoplasia. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-9411 |