Dental Microwear in Natufian Hunter-Gatherers and Pre-Pottery Neolithic Agriculturalists from Northern Isreal

by Patrick Mahoney

The aim of this study is to infer dietary texture from dental microwear during the Natufian hunter-gatherer to pre-pottery Neolithic agricultural development in northern Israel. Microwear patterns were recorded from sixty skeletons form eight sites. Diet-microwear correlations were identified through univariate and multivariate statistical procedures. The study included an investigation into the relationship between microwear, the position of a molar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841717185
• ISBN13: 9781841717180
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.7"