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Permanent Dental Modifications among the Ancient Maya: Procedures, Health Risks, and Social Identities
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Vera Tiesler and others
Published: 31 October 2017
.... This chapter explores the dental appearance, health risks, social roles, and procedures related to dental filings and inlays among the ancient Maya. To this end, skeletal data, portraiture, and ethnographic information from the Maya Lowlands were surveyed. The results show that the majority of adult dentitions...