Table 3 Relative proportion (%) of anterior (labial) and posterior (buccal) teeth presenting non-masticatory striations for each sample, and relative proportions (%) of the striation orientation types observed on the teeth bearing striations (Left oblique; Vertical; Right Oblique).
From: Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic
Site | % of anterior teeth with labial striations | % of posterior teeth with buccal striations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Teeth with striations | Left oblique | Vertical | Right oblique | n | Teeth with striations | Left oblique | Vertical | Right oblique | |
Upper Palaeolithic | ||||||||||
Gough’s Cave | 15 | 80.00 | 25.00 | 41.67 | 91.67 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 50 | 25 |
Mesolithic | ||||||||||
Aveline’s Hole | 22 | 45.45 | 0 | 70 | 40 | 64 | 7.81 | 40 | 60 | 0 |
Badger Hole | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
Kent’s Cavern | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 28.57 | 0 | 100 | 100 |
Mesolithic - total | 23 | 43.48 | 0 | 70 | 40 | 76 | 9 | 28.57 | 71.43 | 28.57 |
Neolithic | ||||||||||
Abingdon | 3 | 66.67 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
Ascott-under-Wychwood | 66 | 18.18 | 8.33 | 75.00 | 25.00 | 93 | 1.08 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Cathole Cave | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7 | 57.14 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Coldrum | 13 | 69.23 | 22.22 | 44.44 | 66.67 | 26 | 19.23 | 0 | 60 | 80 |
Dinnington | 8 | 12.50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 67 | 0 | – | – | – |
Fussell’s Lodge | 35 | 2.86 | 0 | 200.00 | 0 | 161 | 0.62 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Lanhill | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
Lligwy Cromlech | 21 | 14.29 | 33.33 | 66.67 | 0 | 40 | 0 | – | – | – |
Picken’s Hole | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
Swell V | 9 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 100 | 0 | 62 | 0 | – | – | – |
Swell IV | 26 | 11.54 | – | – | – | 87 | 0 | – | – | – |
Totty Pot | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Wayland’s Smithy | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
West Tump | 13 | 7.69 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – |
Whiteleaf | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
Windmill Tump | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | – | – | – |
Neolithic - total | 205 | 15.70 | 17.14 | 71.43 | 31.43 | 630 | 1.75 | 0 | 81.82 | 36.36 |
Grand total | 243 | 23.05 | 16.07 | 66.07 | 46.43 | 731 | 3.56 | 15.38 | 69.23 | 30.77 |
