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Anthropological description of skeletons from graves no. 123, 124 ...

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Grave 126<br />

Fig. 126.1 Fig. 126.2<br />

Sex: Female (morphological diag<strong>no</strong>sis, on the basis <strong>of</strong> the most discriminant cranial and hip<br />

bone features).<br />

Age at death: Mature, on the basis <strong>of</strong> dental wear (phase G on maxilla, H on mandible),<br />

according to the scale <strong>of</strong> Lovejoy, 1985), auricular surface (degree 7) sternal ends <strong>of</strong> the ribs<br />

and arthritis signs; even if cranial sutures are completely open.<br />

Stature: Cm 154.<br />

Dental characteristics:<br />

Right<br />

Left<br />

M3 M2 M1 P2 P1 C I2 I1 I1 I2 C P1 P2 M1 M2 M3<br />

Maxilla P AM P P R P P P P P P P P P P P<br />

Mandibula P P P P P P P AM R P P P P P P P<br />

An abscess is located in correspondence with upper right<br />

M2, lost. A second one is in correspondence with lower<br />

right M1, which is fractured in the proximal side (Fig.<br />

126.3, 126.4).<br />

Periodontitis : Considerable.<br />

Calculus: Considerable.<br />

Fig. 126.3<br />

Caries absent.<br />

A diastema is located<br />

between upper left M3<br />

and M2.<br />

Malocclusion absent.<br />

Shovel shaped incisors.<br />

Fig. 126.4<br />

Fig. 126.5<br />

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