Dental Anthropology

"Hillson provides a biological context for human teeth, a guide to key skills, and an introduction to current issues. Designed to be the core textbook for courses on bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and palaeoanthropology, this is the definitive manual for tooth identification, variation, histology, wear, and disease"--

List of contents

Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Dental anatomy; 2. Variation in size and shape of teeth; 3. Occlusion; 4. Sequence and timing of dental growth; 5. Dental enamel; 6. Dentine; 7. Dental cement; 8. Histological methods of age determination in adults; 9. Chemistry of dental tissues and calculus; 10. Tooth wear and modification; 11. Dental disease; Appendix A. Field and laboratory methods; Appendix B. Microscopy; Appendix C. Age estimation tables and charts for dental development; References; Index.

About the author

Simon Hillson is Professor of Bioarchaeology at University College London. He has taught dental anthropology for over thirty years and has written key textbooks in bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology and zooarchaeology. He has participated in many archaeological projects in Greece, Peru, Turkey, North Africa, and the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Hillson, Simon (University College London) Hillson, Hillson Simon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781108433969
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43396-9
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Human biology, Developmental biology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, For higher / tertiary / university education, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques