The Dentition of the Prehistoric Inhabitants of Casas Grandes
Author(s): G. Richard Scott; Edward F. Harris
Year: 1971
Summary
The skeletal series recovered from Casas Grandes, Chihuahua is described and compared to samples of living Papago, Hopi, and Navajo Indians for several non-metrical dental traits (incisor shoveling, canine tuberculum dentale, maxillary molar hypocone, Carabelli's Trait, mandibular molar cusp pattern protostylid, cusp 6, cusp 7, and mandibular premolar lingual cusp number).
To quantify the biological relationships between these groups Smith and Berry's mean measure of divergence (Berry, 1968) is employed. The resulting measures (1) indicate a relatively close affinity between the Casas Grandes series and the modern Papago and (2) demonstrate the biologic differences between the low-desert cultures of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico vis-a-vis the Pueblo and other groups to the north of these desert cultures.
Cite this Record
The Dentition of the Prehistoric Inhabitants of Casas Grandes. G. Richard Scott, Edward F. Harris. 1971 ( tDAR id: 458531) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8458531
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Keywords
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
Geographic Keywords
Casas Grandes
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Chihuahua
Spatial Coverage
min long: -114.214; min lat: 29.688 ; max long: -105.073; max lat: 36.527 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Amerind Museum
Repository(s): Amerind Museum
Submitted To(s): The Amerind Foundation, Inc.
Record Identifiers
MS(s): 171
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