Anterior Tooth Loss in Artic Populations in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Volume 24, Number 1: University of New Mexico Press

20-32 pages with tables and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Volume 24, Number 1 complete issue. First edition. While conducting archaeological excavations in Alaska from 1926 to 1938, Ales Hrdlicka noted that an unusually large number or the recovered skulls showed a premortem loss of anterior teeth. He attributed the condition to "ritual ablation" and saw its presence in Asiatic as well as American material as an important cultural line between the aboriginal populations of the two continents. His conclusions, along with extensive tables of observations made on more than 8000 skulls, were presented in the article "Ritual Ablation of Front Teeth in Siberia and America," published in 1940. This report has been cited and referred to without citation, but it has not been subjected to formal review. While preparing a paper for the 32 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologist, and following submission of an abstract, enough doubts were raised to call for a re-examination of the entire question of premortem tooth loss in norther population. The results of this re-examination are presented here. Condition: Spine sunned else very good.