目的:分析位于伊朗中部高原西部边界的古代墓地中的三个种群的龋齿的总体频率和齿间模式,以探讨伊朗人口在大帝国建立后是否有更多的机会获得可发酵糖。
方法:来自Kafarved-Varzaneh(青铜时代早期,MNI=66),Estark-Joshaqan(铁器时代,MNI=57),TappehPoustchi(Timurid和Safavid时期,MNI=34),以及来自叙利亚东北部的比较数据。
方法:每个牙齿类别的龋齿频率,龋齿病变的位置和大小使用史密斯的散度平均测量进行分析,对应分析,χ2和Kruskal-Wallis检验。
结果:伊朗地区龋齿病变的总体频率差异很小,不管时间顺序,但叙利亚遗址的显著差异。埃斯塔克铁器时代公墓的齿间图案与其他伊朗遗址和叙利亚的比较样本明显不同。
结论:不同的生存策略可能与不同的齿间模式有关,因为埋在埃斯塔克的人是流动牧民,而其他墓地则由定居的农民使用。
结论:这项关于伊朗三个按时间顺序不同的人群龋齿的综合研究揭示了龋齿与生存策略之间的关联,并介绍了史密斯的散度平均测度来探索牙间龋齿模式,这可能对其他寻求了解生存之间关系的研究人员有用,饮食,以及龋齿病变的存在。
结论:所研究的样本量相对较小,因此其时间/区域分布产生低分辨率结果。
■有必要对龋齿的模式进行更系统的研究,以便在伊朗和全球范围内对饮食和生活进行更精细的重建。
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the overall frequency and inter-tooth patterns of caries in three populations from ancient cemeteries located along the western border of the Central Iranian Plateau as a means to explore whether the populations of Iran had greater access to fermentable sugars after the establishment of the great empires.
METHODS: Dental collections from Kafarved-Varzaneh (Early Bronze Age, MNI=66), Estark-Joshaqan (Iron Age, MNI=57), Tappeh Poustchi (Timurid and Safavid Period, MNI=34), together with comparative data from NE Syria.
METHODS: Frequencies of dental caries per tooth categories, location and size of carious lesions are analyzed using Smith\'s Mean Measure of Divergence, Correspondence Analysis, χ2 and Kruskal-Wallis tests.
RESULTS: There are minimal differences in overall frequencies of carious lesions at Iranian sites, regardless of the chronology, but notable differences at Syrian sites. The inter-tooth pattern at the Iron Age cemetery in Estark appears distinctly different than the other Iranian sites and the comparative samples from Syria.
CONCLUSIONS: Divergent subsistence strategies may be linked with different inter-tooth patterns since people buried at Estark were mobile herders, while the other cemeteries were used by settled farmers.
CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive research on dental caries in three chronologically diverse populations in Iran sheds light on the association between dental caries and subsistence strategies, and introduces the Smith\'s Mean Measure of Divergence to explore inter-tooth carious patterns, which may prove useful to other researchers seeking to understand the relationships between subsistence, diet, and the presence of carious lesions.
CONCLUSIONS: The studied sample size is relatively small and therefore its temporal/regional distribution produces low-resolution results.
UNASSIGNED: More systematic research on the patterns of dental caries is necessary to produce more fine-grained reconstructions of diet and subsistence in Iran and around the globe.