内蒙古中南部先秦两汉时期人群龋病与生业模式初探

本文对内蒙古中南部先秦两汉时期11组古代人群的龋病状况做了统计与分析,在与我国北方地区16组古代人骨材料对比的基础上,进一步讨论了其生业模式与龋患的关系。龋病的罹患情况是反映人群摄入碳水化合物含量的有效指标,龋病与人类社会生产力发展以及农业出现相关,内蒙古中南部地区先秦两汉时期不同生业模式人群的碳水化合物食物摄取量的多寡决定了其龋齿发病率的高低,以农业经济为主的人群龋齿发病率最高,并随着时代发展而进一步增加;以畜牧或渔猎采集经济为生的古代人群龋病发病率较低;农牧兼营的混合经济人群龋齿发病率居中,并且因农业经济所占比重的不同,其变异范围较大。

Study on the Relationship Between the Prevalence of Dental Caries and Socioeconomic Factors in Central and Southern Inner Mongolia During Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties

In this paper,11 groups of data on dental caries of ancient population excavated in central and southern Inner Mongolia dated from pre-Qin to Han Dynasty were collected and analyzed.By comparing with 16 groups of ancient human bone materials in northern China,the relationship between socioeconomic factors and caries was further discussed.It is shown that the incidence of dental caries was an effective indicator of carbohydrate intake and the prevalence of dental caries was strongly related to the development of human social productivity and the emergence of agriculture.The amount of carbohydrate food intake determined the incidence of dental caries for the population with different modes of living during the preQin and Han dynasties in the central and southern Inner Mongolia.The incidence rate of dental caries was the highest for the population dominated by agricultural economy and further increased with the development of times.The incidence rate of dental caries for those who lived on animal husbandry or fishing and hunting was relatively low.The incidence rate of dental caries for those who concurrently engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry was mediate,and its variation range was large due to the different proportion of agricultural economy.