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

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Grave 133<br />

Fig. 133.1<br />

Dental characteristics:<br />

Sex: Female (morphological diag<strong>no</strong>sis, on the<br />

basis <strong>of</strong> the most discriminant cranial<br />

features).<br />

Age at death: Mature adult. The evaluation<br />

tries to balance the following contradictory<br />

features:<br />

dental wear is very advanced, exceeding the<br />

Lovejoy scale, but sutures are open and<br />

vertebral degenerative arthritis signs are<br />

absent.<br />

Right<br />

Left<br />

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

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

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

Vestibular abscesses: deep alveolar resorption at upper left M2 (Fig. 133.2) and lower right<br />

M1 (Fig. 133.3) and fistula at upper right M1.<br />

Periodontal disease: Medium.<br />

Calculus: Abundant (Fig. 133.3).<br />

Hypoplasia on the canine.<br />

Shovel shape <strong>no</strong>t detectable.<br />

Fig. 133.2 Fig. 133.3 Fig. 133.4<br />

Fig. 133.5 Fig. 133.6 Fig. 133.7<br />

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