Using LEXT laser-scanning confocal microscopy to identify enamel surface defects in archaeological caribou dentition: A pilot study from Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (original) (raw)

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018

Abstract

Dental enamel defects have been used extensively in past human populations to elucidate patterns of health and physiological disruption (often simply referred to as stress). These defects are most commonly assessed through visual examination and used to infer such information as the frequency and age at occurrence of stress events. However, a microscopic approach makes it possible to more consistently identify patterns of growth and growth disruption in greater detail than that possible with traditional macroscopic techniques. Such microscopic studies are being increasingly explored in bioarchaeology, but this area of investigation has not seen extensive application to zooarchaeological material. Consequently, enamel defects in general have not been integrated as heavily in this field. A species of particular importance within the modern context of climate change is the barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus). This species has been a crucial species to the human popu...

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