DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Mahler, Robert: Analysis of skeletal material from the Kom el-Dikka site, 2004/2005 season
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42091#0046
ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
Enamel hypoplasia, which is a patho-
logy very strongly correlated with
nutrition stress during dental formation,9
was recorded in no more than 16.92%
adult individuals. No such delects were
noted among children in the sample.
Caries were observed understandably
only in adult individuals, amounting to no
more than 12.31% of the examined
skeletons permitting this analysis. It is the
only pathological category, in which more
women were represented.
Further anthropological studies on
skeletal material from the Islamic cem-
eteries on Kom el-Dikka will be aimed at
reconstructing as full a picture as possible
of the social and living conditions of the
examined population. Anthropological
examination will cover all currently ex-
cavated material.
Pathological conditions
H S J A C PC
? - indeterminate, X - sum
Chart 3. Frequency (in percent) of selected pathologies observed on the bones of examined individuals
(20041200b season): H - enamel hypoplasia, S - degenerative spinal changes,
J - generative joint changes, A - iron deficiency-related changes, C - caries
9 For a review of research methods concerning paleopathological analysis of teeth, cf. K.W. Alt, F.W. Rosing, M. Teschler
Nicola (eds), Dental Anthropology. Fundamentals, Limits and Prospects (Vienna 1998).
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EGYPT
Enamel hypoplasia, which is a patho-
logy very strongly correlated with
nutrition stress during dental formation,9
was recorded in no more than 16.92%
adult individuals. No such delects were
noted among children in the sample.
Caries were observed understandably
only in adult individuals, amounting to no
more than 12.31% of the examined
skeletons permitting this analysis. It is the
only pathological category, in which more
women were represented.
Further anthropological studies on
skeletal material from the Islamic cem-
eteries on Kom el-Dikka will be aimed at
reconstructing as full a picture as possible
of the social and living conditions of the
examined population. Anthropological
examination will cover all currently ex-
cavated material.
Pathological conditions
H S J A C PC
? - indeterminate, X - sum
Chart 3. Frequency (in percent) of selected pathologies observed on the bones of examined individuals
(20041200b season): H - enamel hypoplasia, S - degenerative spinal changes,
J - generative joint changes, A - iron deficiency-related changes, C - caries
9 For a review of research methods concerning paleopathological analysis of teeth, cf. K.W. Alt, F.W. Rosing, M. Teschler
Nicola (eds), Dental Anthropology. Fundamentals, Limits and Prospects (Vienna 1998).
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