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Bioarchaeological Insights on Dental Health and Diet After the Fall of the Wari Empire in the Peruvian Andes

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This research project looked at the dental health of Late Intermediate Period skeletons from the Wari capital to assess their consumption patterns. A high rate of dental disease coupled with carious lesions indicative of coca chewing supports the hypothesis that post-Wari populations maintained many of the agricultural practices and trade networks of the former state, including consumption of large quantities of maize and frequent coca chewing.

Source: Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal

DOI: 10.15695/vurj.v6i0.2897

Authors: Alysha L Tribbett, Tiffiny Tung

Institution: Vanderbilt University

Language: English

Topic: Paleopathology and ancient diseases

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2125884049

FWCI: 5.282

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