Search for dissertations about: "Extramasticatory wear"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Extramasticatory wear.

2. 1. Tracing Prehistoric Activities : Life ways, habitual behaviour and health of hunter-gatherers on Gotland

   Author : Petra Molnar; Jan Storå; Christopher Knüsel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Activity-related change; Musculoskeletal Stress Markers; Extramasticatory wear; dental wear; Health index; Pitted Ware culture; Neolithic; Ajvide; Archaeology; Arkeologi; osteoarkeologi; Osteoarchaeology;

   Abstract : In the present thesis, skeletal and dental evidence of physical strain and habitual behaviour has been investigated through musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and extramasticatory dental wear. The skeletal and dental traits have been examined in relation to health patterns and material culture in order to gain better knowledge of life ways of hunter-gatherers on Gotland with special focus on Pitted Ware culture sites and the Ajvide site in particular. READ MORE