This work provides a new, comprehensive update to the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS). Drawing upon her extensive experience in informatics, curating data, and dental morphological data acquisition, Edgar has developed accessible and user-friendly standardized images and descriptions of dental morphological variants. The manual provides nearly 400 illustrations that indicate ideal expressions of each dental trait. These drawings are coupled with over 650 photographs of real teeth, indicating real-world examples of each expression. Additionally, trait descriptions have been written to be clear, comparative, and easy to apply. Together, the images and descriptions are presented in a standardized form for quick and clear reference. All of these modifications to ASUDAS make it more usable for students and professionals alike. In addition to these features of the manual, the text makes a brief but strong argument for why dental morphology will continue to be a useful tool in biological anthropology through the 21st century.
By:
Heather Edgar
Illustrated by:
E. Susanne Daly
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781629585116
ISBN 10: 1629585114
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 15 May 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"List of figures Forward Acknowledgements Photo credits Rationale: Why study dental morphology, and why use this book to do it? 1.2 Problems collecting dental morphological data 1.3 Dental morphological data are useful Hominin evolutionary relationships Worldwide patterns of variation Intra-regional variation Intra-cemetery relationships Individual level analyses A note about the use of the words, ""race"" and ""ancestry"" How to study dental morphology 3.1 Data collection Scoring types Breakpoints Weighted frequencies 3.2 Data analysis Biological distance Individual estimation of group membership How to use this manual Data collection pages Manual pages Root traits Arch and tooth reference pages 8.1 Arches with directions 8.2 Individual tooth directions/cusp names 8.3 Deciduous arches (teeth to avoid) 9. Individual tooth directions/cusp names 10. Deciduous arches Glossary References Index Trait expression summary pages"
Heather J.H. Edgar is Curator of Human Osteology for the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, and Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, USA. Her research focuses on the ways in which historical events and cultural trends shape the biology of populations, especially in the U.S. and Mexico.
