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The dental evidence for nutritional status in the Natufians
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 425-431
By: Smith, Patricia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Smith discusses the dental status of the Natufians, comparing it to earlier hunter-gatherers and later agriculturalists. She uses dental data to look for changes in the diet or food processing techniques. Smith believes there is a 'very high frequency of congenital absence of mandibular third molars' (or third molar agenesis) (page 431) at Hayonim Cave that indicates 'a high degree of consanguinity between those affected.' (page 431).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ontogenetic data
- Morbidity
- Diet
- Food preparation
- Basis of marriage
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Epipaleolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 40,000 BP-10,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel and Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-432)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities