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Enjeux numériques pour les médiations scientifiques et culturelles du passé
ISBN:
978-2-84016-268
URL / DOI:
Website of the Presses Universitaires de Paris Nanterre
Publisher:
Presses Universitaires de Paris Nanterre
keywords
Semantic web, Linked Open Data, Cultural MediationTransition to agriculture in South-Eastern Arabia: Insights from oral conditions
ISBN:
1096-8644
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keywords
Bronze age, Neolithic, Oman Peninsula, dental pathologies, dietSummary
Objectives
In Southeast (SE) Arabia, agriculture is supposed to expand around 3000 BC, but its tempo and its actual role in populations' subsistence is still debated by archaeologists. Here, we compare dental health conditions of 11 skeletal samples from coastal and inland sites, dated from the Late Neolithic (ca. 4500–3100 BC) to the Early Bronze Age (EBA), conventionally divided into Hafit (ca. 3100–2700 BC) and Umm an-Nar period (ca. 2700–2000 BC). The goal is to assess long-term trends in subsistence patterns and regional variability during the local transition to agriculture.
Methods
Seven indicators of oral health and childhood stress were analyzed, including dental wear, calculus, caries, alveolar resorption, periapical lesions, ante-mortem tooth loss (AMTL), and linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH).
Results
Neolithic coastal populations are globally characterized by high dental wear, high calculus frequency, high LEH frequency, and frequent periodontal disease, whereas they exhibit low abscesses and AMTL frequencies and a total absence of carious lesions. Samples from the Hafit period present high dental wear, low rates of calculus and LEH, frequent periodontal disease, combined with low abscess and AMTL frequencies and absence of caries. By contrast, samples from the Umm an-Nar period exhibit much lower dental wear, calculus and LEH rates, whereas caries, periapical lesions and AMTL frequencies increase significantly. Marked differences were observed between coastal and inland Umm an-Nar groups, the latter presenting significantly higher frequencies of caries, periapical lesions, alveolar resorption and AMTL.
Discussion/Conclusion
Oral conditions from the Neolithic coastal populations denote a diet mainly composed of unprocessed and abrasive food, with high protein and low carbohydrate intakes, and frequent stress episodes. Although Hafit populations display some changes in oral pathologies, which indicate modifications in their lifestyle and a diversification of the diet, no markers of high carbohydrate intakes were observed in our samples. The impact of agriculture on oral health appears clearly only from the Umm an-Nar period, and is more intense inland than on the coast, where marine resources are still a main component of the diet.
Mari, le temple d'Ishtar revisité: nouvelles conclusions
Publication:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Biblioteca Praehistorica Hispana, 2017.
ISBN:
978-8400102982
Quand les observations et les interprétations diffèrent : le cas de l'arc de triomphe de Tripoli dans les sources arabes
Information Flow on Digital Social Networks during a Cultural Event: Methodology and Analysis of the "European Night of Museums 2016" on Twitter
Publication:
8th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, Canada, ICPS- ACM, 2017.
Analysing Cultural Events on Twitter
Publication:
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (10 449), Springer, Computational Collective Intelligence - Part II, 2017
ISBN:
978-3-319-67076-8
Analyzing Museums and Key Influential Users on Twitter during the “European Night of Museums" 2016
Publication:
Lecture notes in computer science, springer, 2017, Web Engineering, LNCS 10360.
Textile Imprints on Bullae from Kültepe
Publication:
in F. Kulakoğlu & G. Barjamovic (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd Kültepe International Meeting, Kültepe, 26-30 July 2015, Kültepe International Meetings 2, Subartu XXXIX, Turnhout.
ISBN:
978-2503575223