Abstract Title
Examining Diversity and Affinity in Prehistoric Guam From Dental Morphology
Additional Funding Sources
The project described was supported by the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program through the U.S. Department of Education under Award No. P217A170273.
Abstract
Dental morphology is increasingly utilized to identify the geographical origins of unidentified skeletal remains, but has long been useful in understanding the biological distance of past populations. Though distribution of the frequencies of morphological traits of teeth have been documented around the world, variation within Oceanic vsamples is less known. This project records dental morphology from an archaeological population of Guam in order to document the peopling of Oceania through their affinity to other known groups. A collection of casts from 38 males and females, subadult and adult were assessed for 21 morphological traits using the rASUDAS protocols and software. A database was created for dental morphology to examine diversity and analyzing ancestry based on tooth morphology. This project will present the most frequently observed dental morphological traits of this Guam sample and compare results to other Oceanic and East Asian datasets.
Examining Diversity and Affinity in Prehistoric Guam From Dental Morphology
Dental morphology is increasingly utilized to identify the geographical origins of unidentified skeletal remains, but has long been useful in understanding the biological distance of past populations. Though distribution of the frequencies of morphological traits of teeth have been documented around the world, variation within Oceanic vsamples is less known. This project records dental morphology from an archaeological population of Guam in order to document the peopling of Oceania through their affinity to other known groups. A collection of casts from 38 males and females, subadult and adult were assessed for 21 morphological traits using the rASUDAS protocols and software. A database was created for dental morphology to examine diversity and analyzing ancestry based on tooth morphology. This project will present the most frequently observed dental morphological traits of this Guam sample and compare results to other Oceanic and East Asian datasets.
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