Method for the estimation of the burial number in a funeral site

Authors

  • Luis R. Toribio Suárez Instituto de Medicina Legal. Ciudad de La Habana
  • Manuel Rivero de la Calle Universidad de La Habana

Keywords:

burial, forensic dentistry, mortuary practice, odontometry, archaelogy.

Abstract

The estimation of the number of individuals buried in a funerary site constitutes one of the most problemic aspects of archaelogy. The information provided by the teeth, taking into account that they are the best preserved structures of the skeletal material collected, is used in this work through the analysis of the values of variability and asymetry of odontoscopic aspects such as Carabelli's tubercule in M1, upper shovel-shaped incisors, development of hypocone in M 1, and the cusp pattern in M 1, and odontometric data. Both analysis were made for the permanent identification of a sample made up by students classified as caucasoids. A step-by step estimation method is developved fixing the levels of odontoscopic and odontometirc confidence, which in addition considers age estimations of all specimens found in the funerary site.

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Published

1996-05-21

How to Cite

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Toribio Suárez LR, Rivero de la Calle M. Method for the estimation of the burial number in a funeral site. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 1996 May 21 [cited 2025 Mar. 13];33(2):53-65. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2792

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (1996): MAY- AUG

Section

Research Article

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