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Andrea Cucina
Researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Publications - 89
Citations - 1494
Andrea Cucina is an academic researcher from Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Enamel hypoplasia. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 87 publications receiving 1295 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrea Cucina include Sapienza University of Rome & Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.
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Dental caries and antemortem tooth loss in the Northern Peten area, Mexico: a biocultural perspective on social status differences among the Classic Maya.
Andrea Cucina,Vera Tiesler +1 more
TL;DR: The overall evidence from oral pathologies is interpreted to be the result of deficient oral hygiene coupled with a softer and more refined diet in the high-status population, particularly males.
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The necropolis of Vallerano (Rome, 2nd–3rd century AD): an anthropological perspective on the ancient Romans in the Suburbium
Andrea Cucina,Andrea Cucina,Rita Vargiu,D. Mancinelli,Riccardo Ricci,E. Santandrea,P. Catalano,Alfredo Coppa +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the skeletal remains of individuals who were part of a Roman suburban community, in order to assess lifestyle and living conditions in the town's outskirts during the Roman Imperial age, were investigated.
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Palaeontology: early Neolithic tradition of dentistry.
Alfredo Coppa,Luca Bondioli,Andrea Cucina,David W. Frayer,C. Jarrige,J. F. Jarrige,G. Quivron,Marco Rossi,M. Vidale,Roberto Macchiarelli +9 more
TL;DR: Eleven drilled molar crowns from nine adults discovered in a Neolithic graveyard in Pakistan that dates from 7,500–9,000 years ago provide evidence for a long tradition of a type of proto-dentistry in an early farming culture.
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Isotopic Studies of Human Skeletal Remains from a Sixteenth to Seventeenth Century Ad Churchyard in Campeche, Mexico
T. Douglas Price,James H. Burton,Andrea Cucina,Pilar Zabala,Robert Frei,Robert H. Tykot,Vera Tiesler +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of isotopic studies of human remains were conducted to obtain information on diet, status, place of origin, and date of burial of 180 individuals from the excavation of an early colonial church and associated burial ground.
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New perspectives on human sacrifice and ritual body treatments in ancient Maya society
Vera Tiesler,Andrea Cucina +1 more
TL;DR: New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Postsacrificial Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society: An Introduction and Funerary or Non-funerary? New References in Identifying Ancient Maya Sacrificial and PostsACrificial Behaviors from Human Assemblages.