Dental Transfigurement and its Potential for Explaining the Evolution of Post-Archaic Indian Culture in the American Southwest

• मुख्य लेखक: Christy G. Turner II (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Dental Anthropology Association, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The term "dental transfirgurement" is suggested for the non-therapeutic modification of prehistoric teeth. In North America, prehistoric dental transfigurement was a common practice only in Mesoamerica. Hence, among the few explanations possible for the rare occurrences of dental transfigu...