An Unusual Etruscan Gold Dental Appliance from Poggio Gaiella, Italy: Fourth in a Series
Among the 20 known ancient dental prostheses from Etruscan archaeological contexts in an unusual example that was recovered for Poggio Gaiella, Italy. The form and construction technique used in making the Poggio Gaiella piece suggests that it was used as a restraining band to hold loose teeth in pl...
Main Author: | Marshall Joseph Becker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
1996-05-01
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Series: | Dental Anthropology |
Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/226/208 |
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