Dental Cementum in Anthropology - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-ix

Contributors

pp x-xvi

Foreword

pp xvii-xx

Introduction: Cementochronology in Chronobiology

pp 1-18

Part I - The Biology of Cementum

pp 19-170

1 - A Brief History of Cemental Annuli Research, with Emphasis upon Anthropological Applications

pp 21-45

2 - Development and Structure of Cementum

pp 46-64

3 - Insights into Cementogenesis from Human Disease and Genetically Engineered Mouse Models

pp 65-82

4 - A Comparative Genetic Analysis of Acellular Cementum

pp 83-93

5 - Pattern of Human Cementum Deposition with a Special Emphasis on Hypercementosis

pp 94-109

6 - Recent Advances on Acellular Cementum Increments Composition Using Synchrotron X-Radiation

pp 110-137

7 - Incremental Elemental Distribution in Chimpanzee Cellular Cementum: Insights from Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence and Implications for Life-History Inferences

pp 138-154

8 - Identifying Life-History Events in Dental Cementum: A Literature Review

pp 155-170

Part II - Protocols

pp 171-272

9 - Cementochronology for Archaeologists: Experiments and Testing for an Optimized Thin-Section Preparation Protocol

pp 173-188

10 - Optimizing Preparation Protocols and Microscopy for Cementochronology

pp 189-200

11 - Cementochronology Protocol for Selecting a Region of Interest in Zooarchaeology

pp 201-214

12 - Tooth Cementum Annulations Method for Determining Age at Death Using Modern Deciduous Human Teeth: Challenges and Lessons Learned

pp 215-225

13 - The Analysis of Tooth Cementum for the Histological Determination of Age and Season at Death on Teeth of US Active Duty Military Members

pp 226-233

14 - Preliminary Protocol to Identify Parturitions Lines in Acellular Cementum

pp 234-248

15 - Toward the Nondestructive Imaging of Cementum Annulations Using Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography

pp 249-257

16 - Noninvasive 3D Methods for the Study of Dental Cementum

pp 258-272

Part III - Applications

pp 273-393

17 - Using Cementochronology to Discuss the Organization of Past Neanderthal Societies

pp 275-287

18 - Investigating Seasonal Competition between Hominins and Cave Hyaenas in the Belgian Ardennes during the Late Pleistocene: Insights from Cementum Analyses

pp 288-305

19 - Cementochronology to the Rescue: Osteobiography of a Middle Woodland Woman with a Combined Skeletal Dysplasia

pp 306-321