DIET AND ORAL HEALTH OF POPULATIONS THAT INHABITED CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN LOWLANDS (CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA) DURING LATE HOLOCENE

CLAUDINA, GONZALEZ

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Año: 2013 p. 1 - 1

1099-1212

The aim of this work is to study, from a bioarchaeological perspective, the diet and oral health of the populations that inhabited Central Argentina in two periods which would reflect changes in subsistence strategies: earlier late Holocene (ca. 2500-1500 years BP) and later late Holocene (ca.1500-400 years BP). The sample is composed by 83 adult individuals from 47 archaeological sites. We considered 5 non-specific indicators of stress, infectious and degenerative diseases: hypoplasia of dental enamel, dental caries, abscesses, antemortem teeth loss, and calculus. We also considered hypercementosis, dens in dens and agenesis. We test intra-observer error by means of intraclass correlation coefficient and analysis of variance of repeated measures. We calculated prevalence by sex, age, geographic sub-region, and chronological period. We applied Chi-square (X2) to test statistical significance of observed differences. Considering the sample as a whole, low prevalence of dental caries (