Analysis of the incremental lines of human tooth cementum from burials of the first catholic cemetery in Berlin (St. Hedwigs-Friedhof, Berlin-Mitte; 1777-1834)

Analysis of the incremental lines of human tooth cementum permits the chronological age-at-death diagnosis in skeletal finds. In addition, certain life history parameters, especially times of higher physiological calcium demand, should also manifest themselves in the cementum in the form of hypomineralized incremental lines. It has been shown previously that counting the incremental lines leads to a chronological age-at-death diagnosis more precise than the morphological age-at-death assessment, particularly in less well preserved skeletal finds. Both aspects were subject of this investigation of an underprivileged early modern human population.

Cementum · Dentin · Human tooth · Population · Sociology · Demography · Dentistry · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases