Dental health in Iron Age Cambodia: Temporal variations with rice agriculture

Newton, J; Domett, Kathryn M; O'Reilly, Dougald; Shewan, L

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Dental health in Iron Age Cambodia: Temporal variations with rice agriculture

Date

2013

Authors

Newton, J

Domett, Kathryn M

O'Reilly, Dougald

Shewan, L

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The dental health of two Cambodian Iron Age (500 BC to 500 AD) communities is interpreted through an analysis of advanced wear, caries, periapical lesions, and antemortem tooth loss (AMTL). The two communities, Phum Snay and Phum Sophy, just 40. km apart,