Dentition on Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman), 2500 B.C

Teeth and jaws excavated from three burial cairns on the island of Umm an-Nar outside Abu Dhabi were examined. Dating: 2500 B.C. The number of individuals buried was estimated from the dentitions. In spite of the bad condition of the sparse material an attempt was made to give an impression of non-metric and metric traits of the teeth. The teeth showed Caucasoid but no Mongoloid traits. They were small, worn at an early age, with abundant calculus, multiple fractures but no carious lesions. The percentages of agenesis of third molars in the three graves were equal. Alveoloclasia appeared frequently. The population would seem to be hunters and fishermen rather than agriculturists.