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5MTUMR-2346-1950

Record

Collection
MANCOS
Sex
Indeterminate
Country of origin
USA

Scientific notes

The patterning suggest that the molar region and coronoid regions were protected from burning by overlying masseteric and temporal musculature.

1 lesions

burn

Bones
Mandible
Side
Left
Timing
Postmortem
Force
Direct

Fire Thermal

Enamel and the underlying dentine respond differentially to heat, resulting in exfoliation of the enamel along the dentinoenamel junction of the crown. (White, 1992).

1 photographs are recorded for this lesion but are no longer retrievable: the server that held them is no longer reachable. The records themselves are unaffected.

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MANCOS. catalogue no. 5MTUMR-2346-1950