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Ancient Italian Skeletons Had Hemp In Their Teeth, Archaeologists Discover
Forbes ^ | August 30, 2018 | Kristina Killgrove

Posted on 09/04/2018 4:51:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

In a new analysis of thousands of teeth from ancient skeletons buried at a site near Naples, Italy, archaeologists have discovered that people were using their mouths to help with their work -- occupations that likely involved processing hemp into string and fabric.

We all use our teeth as tools -- to open bottles, hold pieces of paper, or even smoke a pipe. When we do this, we open ourselves up to the possibility of cracking our teeth but also create microscopic grooves and injuries to the enamel surface. Since teeth don't remodel like bones do, these tiny insults remain over our entire lives.

To archaeologists, the pattern of tooth use that occurs from actions other than chewing is called AIDM -- activity-induced dental modification -- and can reveal cultural information about a person's life, diet, and occupation. For decades, archaeologists have investigated AIDM and found interesting patterns in Neandertals and other prehistoric human populations that are suggestive of ancient artifact production.

In a paper published yesterday in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, a group of Italian and American researchers led by Alessandra Sperduti of the Museo delle Civiltà in Rome detail their analysis of more than 3,000 teeth from over 200 people who were buried in a cemetery at the Early Bronze Age (2500-1800 BC) site of Gricignano d'Aversa just north of Naples.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aidm; alessandrasperduti; ancientautopsies; bronzeage; flax; godsgravesglyphs; gricignanodaversa; hemp; italy; naples; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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Two right maxillary lateral incisors from females with striations, from the Bronze Age cemetery of Gricignano d'Aversa.Sperduti et al. 2018 / American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Two right maxillary lateral incisors from females with striations, from the Bronze Age cemetery of Gricignano d'Aversa.Sperduti et al. 2018 / American Journal of Physical Anthropology

1 posted on 09/04/2018 4:51:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting


2 posted on 09/04/2018 4:58:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That they had hemp in their teeth does not make them stoners.


3 posted on 09/04/2018 5:01:19 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: SunkenCiv

Italians invented dental floss and the helicopter thousands of years ago.


4 posted on 09/04/2018 5:05:42 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 ((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
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To: SunkenCiv
So does David Crosby


5 posted on 09/04/2018 5:08:26 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (GOP- 65 House and 12 Senate seat pickups in November)
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To: SunkenCiv

One of the best things that science gave us was modern dentistry. I have a couple of implants that feel 100% like regular teeth.


6 posted on 09/04/2018 5:08:29 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: SunkenCiv

If they weren’t chewing that loco weed, they would have invented the wagon and not had to drag everything across the prairie on sticks!


7 posted on 09/04/2018 5:10:06 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Ouderkirk
That they had hemp in their teeth does not make them stoners.

The hemp plant for fiber is not the same as a hemp plant for THC (stoners). There is cannabis ruderalis (hemp), cannabis sativa (THC), and cannabis indica (THC). There are also various hybrids that produce mostly or nearly exclusively the medicinal CBD. Cannabis ruderalis has essentially no THC and if you smoked it you'd probably either feel nothing or get a headache.
8 posted on 09/04/2018 5:12:47 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: SunkenCiv

Unsurprising, I have them from biting sewing thread off.

Processing hemp with your teeth though would be miserable, raw hemp fiber is prickly and rough.


9 posted on 09/04/2018 5:14:24 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: SunkenCiv; Fred Nerks

Proof of the ancient roots of the mafia ?


10 posted on 09/04/2018 5:16:33 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Ouderkirk

“That they had hemp in their teeth does not make them stoners.”

Of course. This wasn’t from the ‘stoned age’. It was from the Bronze Age.


11 posted on 09/04/2018 5:28:50 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Ouderkirk

Hemp fibers were used to make rope for thousands of years


12 posted on 09/04/2018 5:30:49 PM PDT by njslim
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To: neverevergiveup

Is that why called it the STONE ages ???????


13 posted on 09/04/2018 5:32:07 PM PDT by njslim
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To: njslim

I’ll vote early -—— POST OF THE YEAR!


14 posted on 09/04/2018 5:49:52 PM PDT by TaMoDee (The Pack will be back in 2018! Go Pack!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Moving to Montagano soon, gonna be a dental floss magnate!


15 posted on 09/04/2018 5:59:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They flossed with hemp.


16 posted on 09/04/2018 6:14:00 PM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Probably what killed them


17 posted on 09/04/2018 6:47:59 PM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: SunkenCiv
"What's wrong with your eyes?

I don't know, I was just chew'n on this weed

Here, let me give it a try"

Wildwood Flower

18 posted on 09/04/2018 6:51:07 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Candor7
Figures that it's the teeth of the women so affected, bronze age man was busy smelting and making weapons...hemp has a very long history, I guess it was woven into cloth long before the Bronze Age and long before sheep were domesticated and shorn...

Grown in the US for its many uses, one of which was fuel oil. A very useful plant.

History of Hemp

19 posted on 09/04/2018 6:58:08 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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from about 1800 BC:

‘Bronze Age Pompeii’ Found In Italy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/584970/posts

Move Over, Pompeii
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1188762/posts

Pompeii’s Burial Not Its First Disaster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1293135/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2103309/posts?page=3#3


20 posted on 09/04/2018 10:17:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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