Short Contribution: Severe Enamel Defects and Malformations of Canines in Pre-Historic and Historic Domestic Pigs from Bohemia

0442371 - ARÚ 2015 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Teegen, W.-R. - Kyselý, René
Short Contribution: Severe Enamel Defects and Malformations of Canines in Pre-Historic and Historic Domestic Pigs from Bohemia.
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural Sciences in Archaeology. Roč. 5, č. 2 (2014), s. 139-146. ISSN 1804-848X
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : domestic pig (Sus scrofa f. domestica) * enamel defect * enamel and root hypoplasia * Iron Age (La Tène period) * Middle Ages
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
http://www.iansa.eu/papers/IANSA-2014-02-kysely.pdf

In this paper four cases of severe enamel and dentine defects in the upper canines of male domestic pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica) from the Iron Age and medieval sites in Bohemia (Czech Republic) are presented. Such severe defects observed in the osteoarchaeological record are a fairly rare condition. They are in all likelihood the result of intra and extra alveolar traumas. In two cases the growing area was completely or partially divided, probably due to a traumatic incidence. The origin of the traumatic insults could be intra- or inter-species fights, search for food or other accidents. Human maltreatment could also not be excluded. A twisted canine was observed in one case. A description of an anomaly on one lower female pig canine is also included.
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