Ancient Egyptian toothaches : a study on dental pathologies in New Kingdom populations, 2016

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Cor

Identifier: b7668292

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Anthropology program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of university requirements for the Master of Arts degree.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2016

Creator

Cordle, Chelsea M. (Chelsea Marie) (1992- ) (Author, Person)
DelPrete, Hillary A. (Thesis advisor, Person)
McCoy, Jack (Thesis advisor, Person)

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The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 92 pages. ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This thesis examines the relationships between two collections of human remains from different socioeconomic statuses in New Kingdom Abydos, Egypt, based on an analysis of five dental pathologies. The expectations were for the higher status collection to have higher levels of calculus and caries, whereas the lower status population was expected to have higher levels of wear, more abscesses and a greater percentage of teeth lost ante-mortem. The data for this study was gathered using methods from Molnar (1971), Schumucker (1985), and Brothwell (1981). Statistical analyses were run where possible, using Pearson's Chi-Square test and Fisher's Exact test, while qualitative analysis was used throughout. Results indicated that dental wear between the two collections was not different, and the higher status population had higher rates of calculus, caries, abscesses and ante-mortem tooth loss when compared to the lower status population. Qualitative analysis indicated that patterns in dental wear and in caries severity may become significant with larger sample sizes, and so further study is needed.

Keywords: dental pathologies, dental wear, calculus, caries, abscesses, ante-mortem tooth loss, New Kingdom, Egypt, socioeconomic status

Partial Contents

List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Research objectives -- 2. The history and envrionment of ancient Egypt -- 3. Cultural aspects of ancient Egypt -- 4. Methods and analysis -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendices -- References.