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Dental anthropology of Central-Southern, Iron Age Italy: The evidence of metric versus nonmetric traits by Coppa, Alfredo; Cucina, Andrea; Mancinelli, Domenico; Vargiu, Rita; Calcagno, James M. is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dental anthropology of Central-Southern, Iron Age Italy: The evidence of metric versus nonmetric traits about?
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.
Who reads Dental anthropology of Central-Southern, Iron Age Italy: The evidence of metric versus nonmetric traits?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Coppa, Alfredo; Cucina, Andrea; Mancinelli, Domenico; Vargiu, Rita; Calcagno, James M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0002-9483)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)