Borrman H, Engström E U, Alexandersen V, Jonsson L, Gerdin A L, Carlsson G E
Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Swed Dent J. 1996;20(1-2):1-14.
In 1994 parts of a human skeleton were found in the county of Västergötland, Sweden. The remains were probably from a man and estimated according to 14C dating to be about 9800 years old, i.e. from the Early Mesolithic Period. As such old finds are rare and the skull was well preserved a more detailed description is presented in this paper. The facial skeleton was robust and the face shape was rectangular. The remaining teeth, one maxillary and 10 mandibular teeth, exhibited no caries but extensive occlusal wear which in some teeth had exposed the pulp and led to periapical osteitis. Besides these teeth the 4 maxillary incisors and the two canines and one incisor in the mandible had been lost post-mortem, probably because of severe marginal bone loss. Both temporomandibular joints showed remodelling, one also osteoarthrotic changes. The observations are discussed with respect to masticatory function and some background factors.
1994年，在瑞典韦斯特哥特兰省发现了部分人类骨骼。这些遗骸可能属于一名男性，根据碳-14测年法估计约有9800年历史，即来自中石器时代早期。由于如此古老的发现很罕见，且头骨保存完好，本文对其进行了更详细的描述。面部骨骼粗壮，脸型呈长方形。剩余的牙齿，一颗上颌牙和十颗下颌牙，没有龋齿，但有广泛的咬合磨损，部分牙齿的牙髓已暴露并导致根尖周炎。除了这些牙齿，上颌的四颗门牙、两颗犬齿以及下颌的一颗门牙在死后脱落，可能是由于严重的边缘骨丢失。两个颞下颌关节均显示出重塑，其中一个还出现了骨关节炎变化。本文就咀嚼功能和一些背景因素对这些观察结果进行了讨论。
