Animal Resources in the Economy of Medieval Moldova: Archaeozoological Case Study of the Urban Settlement from Târgu Neamț (NE Romania).

This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of the medieval Moldovan economy by evaluating animal resources (e.g., animal husbandry, hunting, fishing) based on the skeletal remains found in archaeologic sites from northeastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

Diet-related dental wear in archaeological human populations of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age from North-Eastern Romania.

Dental macrowear is the non-pathological loss of hard tissues on the occlusal surface of the teeth. In archaeological contexts, the loss of tooth tissues is often correlated with lifestyles, habits, and with the physical properties of the consumed food - including preparation techniques. We report the first semiquantitative and quantitative assessment on dentine exposure of permanent second molars (M2) using the scale scoring technique, image analysis, and regression analysis on human teeth from Chalcolithic and Bronze Age archaeological populations discovered in North-Eastern Romania.

Dental morphological variation in Chalcolithic and Bronze Age human populations from North-Eastern Romania.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the dental variability and the phenetic relationships among archaeological human populations of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in North-Eastern Romania.

Methods: The evaluation of phenotypic variability was performed using the 2D Geometric Morphometrics on the second molars (upper - M, and lower - M) belonging to adult skeletons discovered in archaeological sites of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in North-Eastern Romania.

Results: The size (Centroid Size, CS) and shape analysis of the second molar highlighted specific characteristics for each prehistoric period.