G. Richard Scott is Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He focusses on Southwest Indians, Alaskan Eskimos, Norse in the North Atlantic, and Spanish Basques. He is a past president of the Dental Anthropology Association.
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Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction, Background and Terminology: Introduction Why a guidebook? Terminology Part II. Crown and Root Trait Descriptions: 1. Winging 2. Labial convexity 3. Palatine torus 4. Shoveling 5. Double shoveling 6. Interruption grooves 7. Tuberculum dentale 8. Bushman canine 9. Canine distal accessory ridge 10. Upper premolar accessory ridges 11. Upper premolar mesial and distal accessory cusps 12. Uto-Aztecan premolar 13. Metacone 14. Hypocone 15. Bifurcated hypocone 16. Cusp 5 17. Marginal ridge tubercles 18. Carabelli's trait 19. Parastyle 20. Enamel extensions 21. Upper premolar root number 22. Upper second molar root number 23. Lateral incisor variants 24. Pegged-reduced-missing third molars 25. Premolar odontomes 26. Midline diastema 27. Lower premolar cusp number 28. Anterior fovea 29. Mandibular torus 30. Lower molar groove pattern 31. Rocker jaw 32. Lower molar cusp number 33. Deflecting wrinkle 34. Distal trigonid and mid-trigonid crests 35. Protostylid 36. Cusp 6 37. Cusp 7 38. Lower first premolar root number (Tomes' root) 39. Lower canine root number 40. Three-rooted lower molars 41. Lower molar root number 42. Torsomolar angle Part III. Conclusions: General considerations Introduction Basic concerns Final cautionary notes Appendix (full class frequency distributions for 29 key traits in 60 world samples) A.1 Key to tables A.2 Sample provenance A.3 Samples by geographic area.
