Irish, JD, Bobrowski, P, Kobusiewicz, M, Kabaciski, J and Schild, R (2018) An Artificial Human Tooth from the Neolithic Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah, Egypt. Dental Anthropology Journal, 17 (1). pp. 28-31. ISSN 1096-9411

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Abstract

Excavations at the Gebel Ramlah cemetery, in Upper Egypt’s Western Desert, have provided numerous data concerning mortuary practices of the local Final Neolithic period populace. Previous articles have chronicled treatment of disturbed inhumations, in which great care had been taken to recover and rebury all grave goods and skeletal elements including, most notably, dental remains. In several cases, the Neolithic gravediggers apparently went so far as to reinsert, or to in other ways reincorporate, teeth that had fallen from their alveoli during handling. This report describes and interprets a new find, i.e., an anatomically accurate, life-size shell carving of a human incisor, that provides additional insight into the apparent importance of teeth to these desert people.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; 3203 Dentistry; Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease; 1105 Dentistry; 3203 Dentistry
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Divisions:	Biological and Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Dental Anthropology Association
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2025 13:20
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2025 13:20
DOI or ID number:	10.26575/daj.v17i1.142
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25591

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