Contribution
Polynesian dentition
Dennison, John
Anthropologischer Anzeiger Volume 65 No. 4 (2007), p. 353 - 363
34 références bibliographiques
publié: Dec 12, 2007
publication en ligne: May 29, 2019
DOI: 10.1127/anthranz/65/2007/353
ArtNo. ESP140006504001, Prix: 29.00 €
Abstract
The chance discovery of a paper by Rottstock et al. (1983) comparing the individual diameters of 4,497 teeth from 711 skulls from anthropologically-different populations (Europeans, Negroids, Mongoloids, Melanesians) provided the impetus to add our measurements of 449 teeth from 89 Polynesians (mainland Maoris, Chatham Island, Wairau Bar) to the series. We confirm that dental measurements provide clear differences among the different population groups. We confirm that dental indices are useful by disclosing specific dental relationships among the different population groups.
Mots-clefs
Tooth diameter • Europeans • Polynesians • Negroids • Mongoloids • Melanesians • indices