Dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural contexts / edited by Christopher W. Schmidt, James T. Watson

• HerausgeberIn: Schmidt, Christopher W.; Watson, James T.
• Place / Publishing House: London : Elsevier, Academic Press, [2020]
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: XXII, 268 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Notes: Enthält Literaturangaben

Front Cover -- Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- Chapter 1 An introduction to dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural contexts -- A multifactorial process -- Approaches to dental macrowear -- Dental microwear -- Purpose of this volume -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Dental macrowear in catarrhine primates: Variability across species -- Introduction -- Samples studied -- Tooth wear and enamel thickness assessment -- Statistical analyses -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Diet and cultural diversity in Neanderthals and modern humans from dental macrowear analyses -- Introduction -- Materials -- Methods -- Statistical analysis -- Results -- Relative areas -- Inclinations -- Directional data -- Discussion -- Dietary signal -- Abrasive signals -- Cultural signals -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Macrowear and the mechanical behavior of enamel -- Introduction -- Tooth structure and wear -- Experimental and modeling studies of wear resistance in enamel -- Study goals -- Hypotheses and predictions -- Materials and methods -- Microscratch testing -- Helium ion microscopy -- Results -- Microscratch testing -- Helium ion microscopy -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 The effects of aberrant tooth wear on occlusal relationships -- Introduction -- The state of the field -- Recognizing interacting etiologies -- Other intervening processes -- A new model of aberrant wear -- Social dimensions of aberrant wear -- Aberrant wear as embodied social phenomena -- Identifying communities of practice through aberrant wear -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 6 Deconstructing non-carious cervical lesions on teeth in forensic contexts.