Author/Editor		Štamfelj, Iztok; Cvetko, Erika; Bitenc-Ovsenik, Maja; Gašperšič, Diminik
Title		Identifikacija dveh človeških mlečnih sekalcev iz arheoloških najdišč Mala Triglavca in Viktorjev spodmol
Translated title		Identification of two human deciduous incisors excavated from archaeological sites in Mala Triglavca and Viktorjev spodmol
Type		članek
Source		In: Turk I, editor. Viktorjev spodmol in Mala Triglavca: prispevki k poznavanju mezolitskega obdobja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, Inštitut za arheologijo, Založba ZRC,
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 223-40
Language		slo, eng
Abstract		Background and purpose: Human teeth are due to their good preservation over large time spans frequent findings of archaeological excavations. The aim of our work was the identification of two presumably human teeth on the basis of their morphological characteristics, dental measurements, and radiographic characteristics. Material and Methods: The teeth were excavated in archaeological sites Mala Triglavca and Viktorjev Spodmol (Podjamca) in the southwestern part of Slovenia. They originate from Mesolithic levels (around 40008000 BC). We compared their morphological, metrical, and rentgenographic characteristics with characteristics of deciduous incisors from 50 dental casts and 20 extracted teeth of contemporary Slovenian children. Conclusion: Excavated teeth correspond to human primary incisors. The tooth excavated in Mala Triglavca is the upper left, most probably second incisor. The tooth excavated in Viktorjev Spodmol (Podjamca) is the lower left incisor; according to dental measures it corresponds to the first incisor, according to some morphological characteristics it coresponds to the second incisor. The upper incisor from Mala Triglavca most probably was not lost spontaneously during the lifetime but after death of the child. For the loss of the lower incisor from Viktorjev Spodmol probably the help of some other person was needed or it was lost after death. From the root resorption we assume that the child from Mala Triglavca was 5-9 years old and the child from Viktorjev spodmol 4-9 years old.
Descriptors		PALEODONTOLOGY TOOTH, DECIDUOUS INCISOR ROOT RESORPTION AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH