İZNİK ROMA TİYATROSU BİZANS TOPLUMUNDA DİŞ SAĞLIĞI
THE DENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY BYZANTINE IN İZNIK ROMAN THEATER

Summary/Abstract: In the excavations carried out at the İznik Roman Theater between the years 2012 and 2015, 30 tooth residues of the human beings belongs to “Late Byzantine” period were studied. Skeletal and dental remains, which contain the cultural and biological diversity of past communities, provide important data for the anthropological studies. Because the strongest part of skeletal remains was the dental mine ,so that it can be examined even if it remains in bad conditions. Based on the study on the teeth; the habit of nutrition, lifestyle, and their socioeconomic status reveal many enlightening knowledge. In additon, due to the study on the teeth, the imntercommunial kinship and the teeth variations of the human beings who lived in the past can also be determined.

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