A bioarchaeological analysis of oral and physiological health on the south coast of New Guinea

Kinaston, Rebecca; Roberts, Georgia L.; Buckley, Hallie R.; Oxenham, Marc

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“…There is an increasing trend in the field of using more refined age estimation techniques, such as Transition Analysis Boldsen, Milner, Konigsberg, & Wood, 2002), and we expect that the availability of data with better estimates of age in the future will be useful to correct the current limitation of this variable in the analyses of age-dependent markers (Knudson & Stojanowski, 2008). However, we chose to keep this threestage system because it represents a common scoring system used by many contemporary bioarchaeologists (e.g., Fontanals-Coll, Subira, Diaz-Zorita Bonilla, & Gibaja, 2017;Kinaston, Roberts, Buckley, & Oxenham, 2016;Marklein, Leahy, & Crews, 2016;Scott, Choi, Mookherjee, Hoppa, & Larcombe, 2016;Yaussy, DeWitte, & Redfern, 2016;Yonemoto, 2016;Zampetti, Mariotti, Radi, & Belcastro, 2016).…”

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Comparisons of statistical techniques to assess age‐related skeletal markers in bioarchaeology

Cheverko

Hübbe

2017

American J Phys Anthropol

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Comparisons of statistical techniques to assess age‐related skeletal markers in bioarchaeology

Cheverko

Hübbe

2017

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) is formed when there is an interruption in the enamel matrix secretion during tooth development; it manifests as a horizontal linear depression around the dental enamel (Goodman and Rose 1990; Hillson 1996). This defect is usually caused by physiological stress events occurring during infancy, when dental crowns are still forming (Kinaston et al 2016). The presence of LEH was verified macroscopically according to the FIELD method (Brickley and McKinley 2004; Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994), which uses a 10× magnifying glass and a LED flashlight positioned perpendicularly to teeth occlusal surfaces.…”

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Oral Health of Sambaqui Groups in Saquarema, Brazil

2023

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This article presents differences and similarities in dietary practices of fisher-gatherer groups excavated from two sambaquis (shell-mound archaeological sites) in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. We analyzed the buccal apparatus of 35 individuals excavated from Sambaqui da Beirada, dated from 5437 to 3440 years cal BP, and Sambaqui do Moa, dated from 4770 to 3199 years cal BP. Our oral health analysis of 852 alveoli and 704 teeth assessed the frequency and degree of teeth wear and the prevalence and frequency of caries, linear enamel hypoplasia, calculus, periapical cavities, and antemortem teeth loss. We applied the chi-square test and Fisher exact test to test statistical significance. Severe tooth wear, the absence of caries, a high frequency and prevalence of dental calculus, and a low prevalence of linear enamel hypoplasia were found in both sites, although periapical cavities and antemortem teeth loss indexes varied greatly. Despite a superficial homogeneity, the results point to variation in the physiopathological processes that occurred at both sites, including differences related to age and sex. These oral health-related results, together with other archaeological data from both sambaquis, showcase the expected cultural differences stemming from dietary practices.

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“…Several studies have identified that within hierarchically ranked societies, selective distribution of resources determined by social position and status generates variations in physiological stress, which in turn impact upon the physical development and susceptibility to infectious and deficiency diseases of individuals within that society (Bennike, Lewis, Schutkowski, & Valentin, 2005;Goodman, Brooke-Thomas, Swedlund, & Armelagos, 1988;Goodman & Martin, 2002;Peck, 2013;Temple & Goodman, 2014). However, research is increasingly demonstrating multifaceted influences that stimulate the expression of biological and physiological stress upon the skeleton, including differential fertility (Kinaston, Roberts, Buckley, & Oxenham, 2016), epigenetic inertia (Klaus, 2014), social practices such as weaning (Ash, Francken, Pap, Tvrdý, Wahl, & Pinhasi 2016), social and economic change (King, Humphrey, & Hillson, 2005), and varying day-to-day physical activities experienced by different social, occupational, or gender groups (Robb et al, 2001).…”

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A biocultural analysis of mortuary practices in the later Anglo‐Saxon to Anglo‐Norman Black Gate Cemetery, Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne, England

Swales

2019

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The lack of grave goods in cemeteries from later Anglo‐Saxon England (eighth to 11th century AD) has in the past been interpreted as reflecting standardisation of burial rites dictated by Christian doctrine. This study employed a biocultural approach to investigate whether variations in mortuary practices such as burial location, grave form, and body disposition within the eighth to 12th‐century Black Gate Cemetery, Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne represented alternative mediums of social display. Skeletal markers commonly associated with early life stress (cribra orbitalia and linear enamel hypoplasia), non‐specific stress (tibial periosteal lesions and maxillary sinusitis), oral health (calculus, caries, abscesses, and ante‐mortem tooth loss), and biomechanical stress (appendicular and spinal degenerative joint disease and trauma) were examined macroscopically on the skeletal remains of 643 individuals. The aim of the analysis was to investigate whether patterns in age, sex, and biological stress in the different burial locations, burial types, and body positions evidenced social status or sociocultural relationships between the different mortuary practices. Demographic and biocultural analysis revealed the inclusion of males, females, non‐adults, and the elderly in all of the mortuary practices, and no evidence for marked inequalities in biological stress between those afforded the different burial practices. The dominant influence for non‐significant trends in the stress data was variation in age‐structure between different areas of burial. However, non‐significant but consistently higher frequencies of stress indicators were observed in graves containing stone inclusions (pillow stones, head‐cists, and earmuffs) compared with those constructed from stone (cists and rubble cists) and plain burials, all burial practices with a similar mortality profile. The distribution of age and stress indicators between the mortuary practices placed in the wider sociocultural context provided a deeper insight into the complex contribution of social relationships, life‐course, pragmatism, regional and temporal trends, and cultural and religious beliefs upon treatment of the deceased.

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A bioarchaeological analysis of oral and physiological health on the south coast of New Guinea

Cited by 6 publications

References 67 publications

Comparisons of statistical techniques to assess age‐related skeletal markers in bioarchaeology

Comparisons of statistical techniques to assess age‐related skeletal markers in bioarchaeology

Oral Health of Sambaqui Groups in Saquarema, Brazil

A biocultural analysis of mortuary practices in the later Anglo‐Saxon to Anglo‐Norman Black Gate Cemetery, Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne, England

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