Sampling bias in studies of dentoalveolar pathology in past human populations |
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| Authors: | T C Cruz E Repetto A Malgosa Morera S M Borgognini Tarli |
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| Institution: | (1) Unitat d'Antropologia, Dept. Biologia Animal Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;(2) Sezione di Antropologia, Dept. di Scienze del Comportamento Animale e dell'Uomo, Università di Pisa, via S. Maria 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy;(3) Unitat d'Antropologia, Dept. Biologia Animal Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitatà Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;(4) Dipartimento di Scienze del Comportamento Animale e dell'Uomo Sezione di Antropologia, Via S. Maria, 55, 56100 Pisa, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Two subsamples of 30 subjects drawn from the same skeletal population (Monte d'Argento, Italy, Medieval age) were examined
in a parallel blind study of dentoalveolar pathology, tooth wear and calculus, in order to assess the influence of sampling
bias on dietary reconstruction. The effect of interobserver error was controlled and random subdivision was performed on a
sample homogeneous for age and social condition. In spite of this, appreciable differences in the frequencies of some pathologies
and, therefore, in dietary reconstruction were found, thus pointing to potential effectiveness of sampling bias in archaeological
partial samples. |
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| Keywords: | sampling bias dentoalveolar pathology calculus tooth wear dietary reconstruction |
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