Dental microwear and controlled food testing on sheep: The TRIDENT project

摘要: Abstract Here, we present a short review of the most recent results that have come out TRIDENT project. This project aims to model tooth wear by performing controlled food testing on sheep. approach offers us opportunity test various scientific questions which colleagues, working exclusively fossil and modern wild species, been unable answer. Whereas several experimental studies were done at scale particles, explores these living organism chewing thousands bio-silica phytoliths all embedded in cell-walls, structural condition undoubtedly influences way is generated. Our first concern effects different types, free dust then with dust, thus reproducing natural conditions. After exploring seeds size hardness, also further investigated unexpected highlighted over course experimentation. Among them relevance practice enlarge sample including facets teeth how this affects our interpretation diet reconstruction. Finally show some preliminary an alternative analytic better discriminate between dental microwear textures.