Dental Transfigurement and its Potential for Explaining the Evolution of Post-Archaic Indian Culture in the American Southwest
The term "dental transfirgurement" is suggested for the non-therapeutic modification of prehistoric teeth. In North America, prehistoric dental transfigurement was a common practice only in Mesoamerica. Hence, among the few explanations possible for the rare occurrences of dental transfigu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
2000-01-01
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| Series: | Dental Anthropology |
| Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/177/166 |