Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Frank L'Engle Williams
Second Advisor
Jeffrey B. Glover
Third Advisor
Nicola Sharratt
Fourth Advisor
Bethany Turner-Livermore
Abstract
In order to reconstruct relationships between cave burials in the Meuse River Basin of Belgium during the Middle to Terminal Neolithic, dental remains from five sites are compared. Because molar morphology and the presence or absence of nonadaptive dental traits are highly heritable and biologically neutral, they can potentially yield clues as to the chronological and spatial relationships between sites and the variation within these collective burials. Dental microwear is brought to bear on the dietary proclivities of the individuals represented in the caves and is compared to the variation in molar morphology.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/12039591
Recommended Citation
Sherrill, Katherine E. Ms, "Dental Morphology and Diet Use-wear of the Belgian Neolithic: A Study of Mass Cave Burials in the Meuse River Basin." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2018.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/12039591