✦ LIBER ✦
Brief communication: Prehistoric dentistry in the American Southwest: A drilled canine from Sky Aerie, Colorado
✍ Scribed by White, Tim D.; Degusta, David; Richards, Gary D.; Baker, Steven G.
- Book ID
- 101214461
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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✦ Synopsis
A prehistoric Native American mandible from a Fremont site (circa AD 1025) in Colorado has a conical pit in the worn occlusal surface of the lower right canine. Natural causes for this modification are ruled out by the presence of internal striae, a finding confirmed by experimental replication. The canine was artificially drilled before the individual's death and is associated with a periapical abscess. This is one of a very few examples of prehistoric dentistry in the world, and the first from the American Southwest.