Alberto Broglio
University of Ferrara
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Scientific Reports | 2015
Gregorio Oxilia; Marco Peresani; Matteo Romandini; Chiara Matteucci; Cynthianne Debono Spiteri; Amanda G. Henry; Dieter Schulz; Will Archer; Jacopo Crezzini; Francesco Boschin; Paolo Boscato; Klervia Jaouen; Tamara Dogandzic; Alberto Broglio; Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi; Luca Fiorenza; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Ottmar Kullmer; Stefano Benazzi
Prehistoric dental treatments were extremely rare, and the few documented cases are known from the Neolithic, when the adoption of early farming culture caused an increase of carious lesions. Here we report the earliest evidence of dental caries intervention on a Late Upper Palaeolithic modern human specimen (Villabruna) from a burial in Northern Italy. Using Scanning Electron Microscopy we show the presence of striations deriving from the manipulation of a large occlusal carious cavity of the lower right third molar. The striations have a “V”-shaped transverse section and several parallel micro-scratches at their base, as typically displayed by cutmarks on teeth. Based on in vitro experimental replication and a complete functional reconstruction of the Villabruna dental arches, we confirm that the identified striations and the associated extensive enamel chipping on the mesial wall of the cavity were produced ante-mortem by pointed flint tools during scratching and levering activities. The Villabruna specimen is therefore the oldest known evidence of dental caries intervention, suggesting at least some knowledge of disease treatment well before the Neolithic. This study suggests that primitive forms of carious treatment in human evolution entail an adaptation of the well-known toothpicking for levering and scratching rather than drilling practices.
Quaternary Science Reviews | 2009
Thomas Higham; Fiona Brock; Marco Peresani; Alberto Broglio; Rachel Wood; Katerina Douka
Preistoria alpina | 1992
G. Bartolomei; Alberto Broglio; P. F. Cassoli; Lanfredo Castelletti; Laura Cattani; Mauro Cremaschi; Giacomo Giacobini; Giancarla Malerba; Alfio Maspero; Marco Peresani; Augusto Sartorelli; Antonio Tagliacozzo
L'Italia tra 15.000 e 10.000 anni fa cosmopolitismo e regionalità nel tardoglaciale | 2005
Stefano Bertola; Alberto Broglio; P. F. Cassoli; Cristina Cilli; Anna Cusinato; Giampaolo Dalmeri; Mirco De Stefani; Ivana Fiore; Federica Fontana; Giacomo Giacobini; Antonio Guerreschi; Fabio Gurioli; Cristina Lemorini; Jérémie Liagre; Giancarla Malerba; Cyril Montoya; Marco Peresani; Antonio Rocci Ris; Patrizia Rossetti; Antonio Tagliacozzo; Sara Ziggiotti
Preistoria alpina | 1992
Antonella Aimar; Giancarlo Alciati; Alberto Broglio; Lanfredo Castelletti; Laura Cattani; Claudio D'Amico; Giacomo Giacobini; Alfio Maspero; Marco Peresani
Rivista di scienze preistoriche | 1974
G. Bartolomei; Alberto Broglio; Antonio Guerreschi; Piero Leonardi; Carlo Peretto; Benedetto Sala
Human Adaptations in the Mountain environment during the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic | 1992
G. Bartolomei; Alberto Broglio; P. F. Cassoli; Lanfredo Castelletti; Mauro Cremaschi; Giacomo Giacobini; Giancarla Malerba; Alfio Maspero; Marco Peresani; A. Sartorelli; Antonio Tagliacozzo
PREISTORIA ALPINA | 2013
Stefano Bertola; Alberto Broglio; Emanuela Cristiani; Mirco De Stefani; Fabio Gurioli; Fabio Negrino; Marian Vanhaeren; Matteo Romandini
Rivista di scienze preistoriche | 1983
F. Bisi; Alberto Broglio; Antonio Guerreschi; Antonio M. Radmilli
Rivista di scienze preistoriche | 1962
Piero Leonardi; A. Pasa; Alberto Broglio; G. Ronchetti