Revue d’études archéologiques
Volume 23, Numéro 1, Pages 372-389
2025-12-31
مساهمة الدراسات الحديثة في تطور مفهوم النيوليتـــــــــــــي في شـــــــمال إفريقيــــــــا
الكاتب : سهيلة سيلية . عمروس فريدة . أودية لويزة .
الملخص
This research sought to determine whether there are differences in oral pathology between the Iberomaurusian and the Capsian periods and whether the high caries frequencies previously reported for the dental series from Grotte des Pigeons at Taforalt are unique to this site, or whether they are representative of that time period. Comparisons of the dental series from Taforalt and Afalou (Algeria), shows that caries rates are slightly higher at Afalou than at Taforalt. Comparisons between the Iberomaurusian and Capsian samples show that caries rates were slightly lower in the Capsian (59.6% (IB) vs 49.1% (CAP)), but were still very high compared to published caries frequencies for other hunter-gatherers populations (Fig. 2)(Lanfranco and Eggers, 2010). Reported caries frequencies will be inflated in these samples due to the absence of anterior teeth caused by the widespread practice of evulsion during the Iberomaurusian and Capsian (Humphrey and Bocaege, 2008;De Groote and Humphrey, 2017). Clinical research has demonstrated that mandibular central incisors are the least likely to be carious, followed by canines and premolars, while molars were the most likely affected by caries (Demirci et al., 2010). This observation must be kept in mind when comparing these results to those reported for populations that do not practice evulsion. Caries causes are multifactorial and complex. The composition and the proportion of carbohydrates consumed by the individual plays a major role. Other factors that contribute to differences in oral health between populations are tooth crown morphology, fluoride content of the local groundwater, and the composition of oral microbiota, oral hygiene and transmission of cariogenic bacteria within the population. Variation in tooth morphology, in particular the number and patterning of cusps and degree of crenulation, can have a major impact on caries susceptibility (Hillson, 2001). Detailed analysis of dental morphology has shown that Iberomaurusian and Capsian populations exhibit similar and simple tooth morphology (Irish, 2000) such that the effect of tooth morphology on caries development is likely to be equivalent across all samples. Fluoride content in the groundwater in the Maghreb is unlikely to have varied over time, but may show local variation. Studies show there is an excess of fluoride in the groundwater, which has resulted in fluorosis being an endemic disease in this region (Brunt et al., 2004;Fantong et al., 2010) but there was no evidence of fluorosis in the
الكلمات المفتاحية
Neolithic ; Maghreb ; North Africa ; Algeria
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