Teeth /
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| Author / Creator: | Hillson, Simon |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. |
| Description: | xix, 376 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge manuals in archaeology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/800277 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Tooth Form in Mammals
- What is included
- General structure
- Form, function and identification
- Subclasses Eutheria, Prototheria and Metatheria
- Order Marsupialia
- Order Insectivora
- Order Chiroptera
- Suborder Microchiroptera
- Suborder Megachiroptera
- Order Primates
- Order Carnivora
- Order Pinnipedia
- Order Cetacea
- Suborder Odontoceti
- Order Rodentia
- Order Lagomorpha
- Order Edentata and Order Pholidota
- Order Tubulidentata
- Order Proboscidea
- Order Sirenia
- Order Hyracoidea
- Order Perissodactyla
- Order Artiodactyla
- Suborder Suiformes
- Suborder Ruminantia (Pecora)
- Suborder Tragulina
- Suborder Tylopoda
- Conclusions
- 2. Dental Tissues
- The inorganic components of dental tissues
- The organic component of dental tissues
- Chemistry and physics of dental tissues in archaeology
- Dental enamel
- Dentine
- Cement
- Resorption of root and crown
- Preparation techniques
- Cameras and light microscopes
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Conclusion
- 3. Teeth and Age
- Growth
- Tooth wear
- Microwear
- Age estimation from dental development, eruption and wear in different orders of mammals
- Circum-annual layering in cement and dentine
- Other age-related histological changes
- Conclusion
- 4. Size and Shape
- Size, shape and populations
- Measurable variation
- Non-metrical variation
- Occlusion and malocclusion
- Conclusion
- 5. Dental Disease
- Dental plaque
- Dental calculus
- Dental caries
- Immunity and inflammation
- Trauma
- Anomalies of eruption, resorptions and abrasions
- Cysts, odontomes and tumours
- Conclusion - palaeoepidemiology and recording