: collaborateur F. Filce LEEK

Collection de tirés-à-part de la bibliothèque de l'I.P.H.International audienceDental aspects of Ancient Egyptians based on the Marro collection (Institute of Anthropology, Turin, Italy), presented at the symposia held at Manchester in1984, establish the causes of considerable tooth occlusal wear. Since the selected Egyptian dentitions showed a high degree of similarity, micro wear was compared to the wear observed in humans of known diet. The character of wear of the pre-dynastic and dynastic Egyptians was attributed to the abrasives of vegetables used both in the diet and as masticators