A world view of bioculturally modified teeth /Scott E. Burnett and Joel D. Irish.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Scott E. Burnett and Joel D. Irish -- Africa: the first and the present -- Characterizing ablation in the later stone age Maghreb: chronology and significance / Isabelle De Groote and Louise T. Humphrey -- Knocking, filing, and chipping: dental modification in Sub-Saharan Africans / Joel D. Irish -- Identity marker or medicinal treatment? an exploration of the practice and purpose of dental ablation in ancient Nubia / Katelyn L. Bolhofner -- Dental modification in modern day Cape Town, South Africa: a link to the past / L.J. Friedling -- Europe and Northeast Asia: out and about -- Dental modifications of anterior teeth in the Danish Viking age / Verner Alexandersen and Niels Lynnerup -- The relationship between intentional dental ablation and hereditary agenesis in late neolithic-early bronze age China / Christine Lee -- Tooth ablation in early neolithic skeletons from Taiwan / Michael Pietrusewsky, Adam Lauer, Cheng-hwa Tsang, Kuang-ti Li, and Michele Toomay Douglas -- Biocultural perspectives of Jomon dental ablation: social complexity, identity, and visage / Amanda R. Harvey, G. Richard Scott, Evan Pellegrini, and Christy G. Turner II -- Stable isotope analysis of human skeletal remains to reveal relationships between diet and tooth ablation types during the Jomon Period in Japan / Soichiro Kusaka -- Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania: different lands and possibilities -- The biocultural context of dental modification in prehistoric southeast Asia / Jennifer Newton and Kate Domett -- Teeth filing in Surabayan Javanese and Balinese: a change in tradition / Myrtati D. Artaria -- Intentional dental modification and oral-dental health in Western Micronesia / Rona Ikehara-Quebral, E. Melanie Ryan, Nicolette Parr, Cherie Walth, Jolie Liston, Michael Pietrusewsky, and Michele Toomay Douglas -- Tooth ablation along the Murray River, Southeastern Australia / Colin Pardoe and Arthur C. Durband -- The Americas: a new world of modification -- Modified teeth: cultural diversity and community building at Cahokia (AD 900-1400) / Kristin M. Hedman, Julie A. Bukowski, Dawn E. Cobb, and Andrew R. Thompson -- Intentional or not? Characterization and reassessment of proposed intentional dental modification cases in the Southwest U.S. / Scott E. Burnett -- Permanent dental modifications among the ancient Maya: procedures, health risks, and social identities / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, and Marco Ram¡rez-Salomcentn -- Intra- and-inter regional variation of dental modification and social complexity: a test case from the Lower R¡o Verde, Oaxaca / Arion T. Mayes, Sarah B. Barber, and Arthur A. Joyce -- Dental modification and the expansion and manipulation of Mesoamerican identity into northwest mexico / James T. Watson and Cristina Garc¡a M -- Conclusion -- Out of regard to custom: tooth modification in the ancient and modern worlds / George R. Milner.

Body modifications--be they tattoos, piercings, or implants--have been with humankind for most of its existence. This volume shows that one aspect of that modification, dental modification, has been around for eons. This volume, based on a well-attended symposium at the American Association of Physical Anthropology meeting, goes beyond the simple textual descriptions to explore the cultural context and biological implications of these modifications. How can these be used to identify status, class, migration, and even health?

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