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By studying hundreds of human burials from before and after the Spanish arrival in Panama over 500 years ago, bioarchaeologist Nicole Smith-Guzm\u00e1n and colleagues from the ArtEmpire project have found evidence that tooth filing was a practice introduced from African slaves brought to Panama Viejo during the Colonial period.<\/p>\n<p>To read more on this story, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/stri.si.edu\/story\/oral-history\">An \u2018Oral\u2019 History: Archaeologists Search for the Origin of Dental Modification in Panama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Para leer m\u00e1s del estudio en espa\u00f1ol, visite: <a href=\"https:\/\/stri.si.edu\/es\/noticia\/historia-oral\">Historia \u2018oral\u2019: Arque\u00f3logos buscan el origen de la modificaci\u00f3n dental en Panam\u00e1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original article can be found here (and it&#8217;s open access!): <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jaa.2020.101226\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jaa.2020.101226<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicole E. Smith-Guzm\u00e1n, Javier Rivera-Sandoval, Corina Knipper, Gin\u00e9s Alberto S\u00e1nchez Arias, 2020. Intentional dental modification in Panam\u00e1: New support for a late introduction of African origin. <em>Journal of Anthropological Archaeology\u00a0<\/em>60:101226.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The practice of tooth-filing as an art form and means of self-expression was common in some ancient societies around the world, although very few people do it today. &hellip; <a 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