Dental-macrowear and diet of Tigara foragers from Point Hope, northern Alaska

• Published in: Anthropologischer Anzeiger
• Main Authors: Górka, Katarzyna, Romero, Alejandro, Pérez-Pérez, Alejandro
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Biotecnología, Grupo de Inmunología, Biología Celular y del Desarrollo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 2016
• Subjects: Eskimo; Diet; Dental-wear; Chewing; Biología Celular; Point Hope; eskimo*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/82510; https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2016/0613

Ethnographic studies indicate that Eskimo foragers are characterized by well-defined sexual division of labor and extensive use of anterior teeth as a tool, resulting in higher degrees of wear. However, little is known about the intra- population variation in molar-macrowear rates and dietary implic...