Human diet in the early medieval period: Tooth wear, mastication, enamel thickness and its relationship to social stratification
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Alternative codes found
RIV/68081758:_____/17:00484152
Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Human diet in the early medieval period: Tooth wear, mastication, enamel thickness and its relationship to social stratification
Original language description
In highly stratified medieval societies, diet is one indicator of individual's socioeconomic status. Diet leaves traces on hard tissues through mastication that causes attrition and directional asymmetry (DA) of facial skeleton. The aim of our study was to validate dietary differences between 2 burial sites of Great Moravia of presumably different socioeconomic status (acropolis, suburbium) through analysis of facial skeleton DA and attrition using methods of 3D geometric morphometrics. We expected the DA and attrition to differ between the sites. Additionally, we recorded enamel thickness of elite and rural graves. We expected the enamel thickness to differ between them, as it selectively responds to changes of subsistence. The acropolis sample had slightly lower attrition score than the suburbium. Mandible DA values did not differ between the areas. However, we found directional changes of mandibular landmarks showing right chewing side preference of the sample. Lower attrition score of acropolis may support expected higher consumption of meat in higher socioeconomic classes. However, the analysis of acropolis and suburbium did not show any significant dietary differences according to applied masticatory forces. The differences in diet were concluded to be more subtle, therefore, the enamel thickness analysis has been included.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů