Paleontological study of human remains from the site of Forat de Conqueta (Santa Linya, Lleida)

Authors

  • Eduardo Chimenos-Küstner Prof. titular de Medicina bucal. Facultat d’Odontologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Campus Universitari de Bellvitge. Feixa Llarga, s/n. 08907 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (BCN).
  • Rui Albuquerque Academic Clinical Lecturer. College of Medical & Dental Sciences. The School of Dentistry. University of Birmingham. United Kingdom. DDS, MS, Phd.
  • Romao Esteves Odontòleg, Màster de Medicina Bucal. Facultat d'Odontologia, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Elena García Guixé Centre d’Estudis del Patrimoni Arqueologic de la Prehistòria (CEPAP-UAB), Facultat de Lletres - Edifici B. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona).

Abstract

The study was based on dental remains recovered at the site of the Forat de la Conqueta. Most of the teeth have been isolated outside the bony support, which has hampered their identification and study. One of the objectives of this paleodontologic study is to highlight the determination of a minimum and maximum number of individuals from the rest. The study was limited because of the nature of the burial (collective burial cave) and ritual burial (partial cremation). The interim results indicate that the minimum number of individuals represented by the study sample is 41 and that of these, up to 6 individuals might belong to a group of childhood or youth.

Keywords

paleodontologic study, Human remains, teeth, the minimum number of individuals, Forat de Conqueta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/tda.41

Published

2009-09-09

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