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Testing the Validity of Dental Calculus as a Proxy to Bone in Paleodietary Studies Using Stable Isotope Analysis

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Price, Samantha D.R., Thesis advisor (ths): Keenleyside, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn S, Degree committee member (dgc): Morin, Eugene, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study investigates the use of dental calculus for paleodietary studies using stable isotope analysis of a skeletal sample from the Greek colonial site of Apollonia Pontica, Bulgaria (5th to 3rd century BC). A sample of 27 individuals was used to examine the &#948;13C and &#948;15N values of paired dental calculus and bone samples, and the dental calculus was analyzed as… more