New cases of dental mutilation in prehispanic Cholula

Abstract

The study was conducted in the pre-Hispanic individuals’ skulls found in private Rafael Moreno of San Pedro Cholula, Puebla. It was revealed a number of features present in these skulls: cuts in some regions of the vault and jaw, thermal exposure, intentional cranial deformation, and dental mutilation; among the latter, new types and patterns were identified; their study is the aim of this work.