Table 2 Counts and relative proportion (%) of the teeth examined bearing non-masticatory (NM) striations, according to tooth type, dentition, and assemblage.
From: Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic
Site | Number of teeth with striations / total number of teeth | % of teeth with NM striations | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I1 | I2 | C | P3 | P4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | I1 | I2 | C | P3 | P4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | |
(a) Upper dentition | ||||||||||||||||
Upper Palaeolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Gough’s Cave | 4/4 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/4 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/4 | – | 100 | 100 | 50 | 0 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 | – |
Mesolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Aveline’s Hole | 2/2 | – | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/7 | 1/6 | 1/10 | 0/5 | 100 | – | 50 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | 10 | 0 |
Badger Hole | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Kent’s Cavern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Mesolithic - total | 2/2 | – | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/7 | 1/6 | 1/10 | 0/5 | 100 | – | 50 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | 10 | 0 |
Neolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Abingdon | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ascott-under-Wychwood | 2/4 | 1/6 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 0/10 | 0/8 | 0/7 | 0/3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cathole Cave | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | 100 | – |
Coldrum | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 2/6 | 0/6 | 3/7 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 66.67 | 75 | 80 | 33.33 | 0 | 42.86 | 0 | – |
Dinnington | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/10 | 0/8 | 0/6 | – | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fussell’s Lodge | 0/6 | 0/4 | 0/6 | 0/16 | 0/14 | 0/18 | 0/15 | 0/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lanhill | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
Lligwy Cromlech | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 100 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Picken’s Hole | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Swell IV | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/7 | 0/4 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 0/2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swell V | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/9 | 0/6 | 0/5 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totty Pot | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Wayland’s Smithy | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
West Tump | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whiteleaf | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Windmill Tump | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neolithic - total | 5/15 | 4/21 | 7/30 | 2/49 | 0/53 | 5/69 | 2/54 | 0/30 | 33.33 | 19.05 | 23.33 | 4.08 | 0 | 7.25 | 3.70 | 0 |
Grand Total | 11/21 | 6/23 | 10/36 | 2/55 | 2/63 | 6/78 | 3/68 | 0/35 | 52.38 | 26.1 | 27.78 | 3.64 | 3.17 | 7.69 | 4.41 | 0 |
(b) Lower dentition | ||||||||||||||||
Site | Number of teeth with striations / total number of teeth | % of teeth with NM striations | ||||||||||||||
I1 | I2 | C | P3 | P4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | I1 | I2 | C | P3 | P4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | |
Upper Palaeolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Gough’s Cave | 4/4 | 0/1 | – | – | 2/3 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 100 | 0 | – | – | 66.67 | 50 | 33.33 | 100 |
Mesolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Aveline’s Hole | 3/5 | 1/2 | 3/11 | 2/10 | 0/5 | 0/6 | 1/8 | 0/5 | 60 | 50 | 27.27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 |
Badger Hole | – | – | 0/1 | – | – | 0/2 | 0/3 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
Kent’s Cavern | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | – | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Mesolithic - total | 3/5 | 1/2 | 3/12 | 2/10 | 1/6 | 1/10 | 1/13 | 0/7 | 60 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 16.67 | 10 | 7.69 | 0 |
Neolithic | ||||||||||||||||
Abingdon | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | – | 0/1 | 0/1 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
Ascott-under-Wychwood | 3/16 | 2/17 | 4/16 | 0/10 | 1/11 | 0/16 | 0/13 | 0/9 | 18.75 | 11.76 | 25 | 0 | 9.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cathole Cave | – | – | 1/1 | 0/1 | – | 0/1 | – | 0/1 | – | – | 100 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Coldrum | 0/1 | – | – | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Dinnington | 0/2 | – | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 0/11 | 0/10 | 0/9 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fussell’s Lodge | 0/5 | 0/7 | 1/7 | 1/10 | 0/15 | 0/26 | 0/21 | 0/16 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lanhill | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | – | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lligwy Cromlech | 0/7 | 0/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 0/6 | 0/11 | 0/9 | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Picken’s Hole | – | 0/1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Swell IV | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/5 | 0/10 | 0/7 | 0/8 | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swell V | 0/6 | 2/7 | 1/7 | 0/10 | 0/9 | 0/13 | 0/13 | 0/9 | 0 | 28.57 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totty Pot | 0/1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wayland’s Smithy | – | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Tump | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/5 | 0/3 | 0/5 | 0/13 | 0/9 | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whiteleaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
Windmill Tump | – | – | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neolithic - total | 5/44 | 5/47 | 8/48 | 1/49 | 1/65 | 0/105 | 0/91 | 0/65 | 11.36 | 10.64 | 16.7 | 2.04 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grand Total | 12/53 | 6/50 | 11/60 | 3/59 | 4/74 | 3/119 | 2/107 | 1/73 | 22.64 | 12 | 18.33 | 5.08 | 5.41 | 2.52 | 1.87 | 1.37 |
