Dental anthropology and paleodemography of the precolumbian populations of hispaniola from the third millennium B.C. to the Spanish conquest

Coppa, Alfredo; Cucina, Andrea; Chiarelli, B.; Calderón, Fernando Luna; Mancinelli, Domenico

doi:10.1007/bf02437538

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“…Many previous studies have linked the presence of LEH after the first year or so of life to the negative effects of weaning (e.g. Coppa et al, 1995;Corruccini et al, 1985;Ogilvie et al, 1989;Ubelaker, 1992;Webb, 1995). However, since other elements leading to enamel defects include nutritional problems, illness, or poor hygiene, weaning may not be the sole factor leading to growth arrest in enamel during the first year of life (see Blakey et al, 1994;Katzenberg et al, 1996).…”

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Differential Impacts of Subsistence on Developmental Stress in Prehistoric Ohio Valley Children

Moes¹,

Blatt

2018

DAJ

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Bioarchaeologists often assume that the intensification of agriculture results in an increase in physiological stress, but it is necessary to also consider duration and age of occurrence of stress events. Linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH) are indicators of such events. By analyzing LEH on the permanent anterior teeth of 40 children from prehistoric Ohio Valley, this project compares the timing and duration of stress events of foragers (4000-3000 B.P.) with those of agriculturalists (A.D. 1000-1500). A scanning electron microscope was used to create 50X photomontages of the tooth surfaces. LEH from systemic stress were recorded from these photomontages as those that concurrently match among other teeth from the same individual. Ages were calculated at which stress events occurred. The total number of perikymata within each defect furrow were used to reflect the duration of the stress events. Variables were compared between samples using Fisher’s exact tests and pairwise ANOVA. Agriculturalist children endured the most stress events, although foraging children suffered the longest stress events. Variation can be attributable to cultural or nutritional change in the Ohio Valley, resulting in agriculturalist children being more frail. Results are similar to previous studies exploring transitions in physiological stress with the rise of agriculture.

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Differential Impacts of Subsistence on Developmental Stress in Prehistoric Ohio Valley Children

Moes¹,

Blatt

2018

DAJ

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“…Sites evaluated included those at El Soco, Juan Dolio, La Caleta, Atajadizo, Cueva Cabrera, Cueva Maria Sosa, and Cueva Roja. Cueva Roja is dated at 4560 years before the present (ybp), Cueva Maria Sosa is dated at 3200-3900 ybp, El Soco is dated at 1200 ybp, La Caleta, Cueva Cabrera, and Atajadizo are dated at 700-800 ybp, and Juan Dolio is dated at 600 ybp [17,18]. Krieger [19] documented subsequent Columbian contact through pottery discovered at more recent sites at these locales.…”

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First European Exposure to Syphilis: The Dominican Republic at the Time of Columbian Contact

Rothschild

Calderón²,

Coppa

et al. 2000

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Recognition of syphilis in Europe in the late 15th century and its prior absence suggest New World origin. Skeletal populations were examined from sites with documented Columbian contact in the Dominican Republic. Examination of 536 skeletal remains revealed periosteal reaction characteristic of treponemal disease in 6%-14% of the afflicted population. Findings were identical to that previously noted in confirmed syphilis-affected populations and distinctive from those associated with yaws and bejel: it was a low population frequency phenomenon, affecting an average of 1.7-2.6 bone groups, often asymmetric and sparing hands and feet, but associated with significant tibial remodeling. While findings diagnostic of syphilis have been reported in the New World, actual demonstration of syphilis in areas where Columbus actually had contact was missing, until now. The evidence is consistent with this site as the point of initial contact of syphilis and of its subsequent spread from the New World to the Old.

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“…Much less information, however, is available for European, African, and Middle-Eastern populations (Carbonell, 1963;Wajeman and Levy, 1979;Calcagno, 1986a;Irish and Turner, 1990;Turner and Markowitz, 1990). In addition, few papers have ever been published on microdifferentiation from relatively restricted areas (Lukacs, 1983;Bhasin et al, 1985;Sofaer et al, 1986;Coppa and Vargiu, 1990;Hemphill et al, 1991;Coppa et al, 1995;Haydenblit, 1996). Not surprisingly then, few standardized data are available from the Italian peninsula (Coppa and Macchiarelli, 1982;Macchiarelli and Bondioli, 1986;Macchiarelli and Sperduti, 1994;Macchiarelli et al, 1995;Mallegni et al, 1985).…”

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Dental anthropology of Central-Southern, Iron Age Italy: The evidence of metric versus nonmetric traits

Coppa

Cucina

Mancinelli

et al. 1998

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Discrete and metric dental traits are used to assess biological similarities and differences among 13 bioarchaeological populations located on each side of the Apennine mountains in central-southern Italy and dated to the first millennium BC. An initial hypothesis, that the mountain chain might provide a significant geographical barrier for population movement (resulting in greater biological affinities among those groups on the same side), is not supported. Instead, the samples appear to cluster more on the basis of time than geography. Archaeological evidence, however, supports an association between populations on opposite sides of the mountains and thus is in accord with the dental data. As anticipated, discrete dental traits appear to be more useful than metric dental traits in assessing such population affinities. This research represents a beginning to a better comprehension of the complexity of the biological and cultural dynamics of Italian populations during recent millennia.

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Dental anthropology and paleodemography of the precolumbian populations of hispaniola from the third millennium B.C. to the Spanish conquest

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Differential Impacts of Subsistence on Developmental Stress in Prehistoric Ohio Valley Children

Differential Impacts of Subsistence on Developmental Stress in Prehistoric Ohio Valley Children

First European Exposure to Syphilis: The Dominican Republic at the Time of Columbian Contact

Dental anthropology of Central-Southern, Iron Age Italy: The evidence of metric versus nonmetric traits

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