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Brief Communication

Brief communication: Prehistoric dentistry in the American Southwest: A drilled canine from Sky Aerie, Colorado

  1. Tim D. White1,2,3,
  2. David Degusta1,3,*,
  3. Gary D. Richards1,4,
  4. Steven G. Baker5

Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<409::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-4

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American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volume 103, Issue 3, pages 409–414, July 1997

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How to Cite

White, T. D., Degusta, D., Richards, G. D. and Baker, S. G. (1997), Brief communication: Prehistoric dentistry in the American Southwest: A drilled canine from Sky Aerie, Colorado. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 103: 409–414. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<409::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-4

Author Information

  1. 1

    Laboratory for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720–3140

  2. 2

    Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3140

  3. 3

    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720–3140

  4. 4

    Department of Anatomy, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California 94115

  5. 5

    Centuries Research, Montrose, Colorado 81402

*Laboratory for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Integrative Biology, 3060 VLSB, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 DEC 1998
  2. Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 MAR 1997
  4. Manuscript Revised: 10 MAR 1997
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 NOV 1996

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Keywords:

  • dental modification;
  • Fremont culture;
  • Native American

Abstract

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. Am J Phys Anthropol 103:409–414, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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