Theses and Dissertations
Dental Microwear and Diet Change during the Greek Bronze and Iron Age in Coastal East Lokris, Greece
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Herrmann, Nicholas P.
Committee Member
Hoffman, David M.
Committee Member
Hardin, James W.
Date of Degree
8-11-2012
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Applied Anthropology
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Abstract
This research utilizes two analytical methods to examine the dental microwear of two skeletal samples from East Lokris, Greece. The samples are from the Bronze age/Early Iron age sites of Mitrou and Tragana Agia Triada. The samples were tested according to various temporal and geographic designations in an attempt to determine if any differences in dietary constituent could be discerned from their dental microwear signatures. Both traditional dental microwear analysis using a scanning electron microscope and dental microwear texture analysis employing scale sensitive fractal analysis and a Sensofar Plµ Confocal Profiler were used. The results of analysis for both methods differ in regards to their level of statistical significance but both suggest a general trend of coarsening of masticated materials during the Bronze/Iron age transition. Current evidence suggests that the changes in the dietary texture are due to changes in pottery production and are likely not due to dietary changes.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20706
Recommended Citation
de Gregory, J Rocco, "Dental Microwear and Diet Change during the Greek Bronze and Iron Age in Coastal East Lokris, Greece" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 1279.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1279