User:Bepop99/Bibliography and Challanges

Annotated Bibliography:
Source 1:

“Social identity: an interpretation of dental modification practices on Indonesian historical human remains”.Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology. Dec2016, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p60-65. 6p. Retrieved 20 March 2020 Human teeth sharpening took place in the Kingdom of Majapahit (1300-1500) and the burial remains suggest that this was done to those with high social status. The males have a T pattern to their teeth while the females had a diamond pattern. The dental modification has no survival advantage compared to regular teeth, but rather was a status symbol with those with high social status. This is an authoritative source as it is written by the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Science, at Airlangga University, Indonesia and the goal of the research is to learn about the observation of teeth human tooth sharpening and how it relates to the social aspects of society. This is relevant to the topic because it talks about human tooth sharpening in the article, how it was performed and what it looked like. This article could be a good source as it is introductory to teeth sharpening in Indonesian culture. (This period is considered the prehistoric period of Indonesia)

“Teeth of Royalty from a burial in Jera Lompo’E, South Sulawesi, Indonesia*”. Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology. Nov2018, Vol. 12 Issue 12, p23-28. Retrieved 20 March 2020 This article references human teeth sharpening during the 17th century at a royal burial in Jera Lompo’E, South Sulawesi Indonesia. The teeth from the study shows that it belonged to Addatuang Sidenreng, a royalty from the Sidenreng Kingdom. The time period that this takes place in is the Islam period so it proves the tradition of human teeth sharpening from the Prehistoric period to the Islamic period. This is an authoritative source as it was written by independent research as well as two researches in a bioanthropology and Paleoanthropology laboratory at Gadjah Mada University. This is important as it gives credibility to the researchers (also the article was referred) and the research was done recently in 2018 using up to date sources. The article is relevant as it talks about human teeth sharpening and it can be used to contrast the different periods of teeth sharpening in Indonesia allowing the article to have more information about teeth sharpening in Indonesia (it has none currently). Source 3: “Cultural Dental Modification in Prehistoric Population in Indonesia”. Bulletin of the International Association of Paleodontology. 2015, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p 52-60. 9p. Retrieved 20 March 2020 This article talks about the variation of dental modification related to the history of human migration in Indonesia. The populations included in the study are Java, Bali, Sumba, and Flores (this is prehistoric Indonesia) and the variation of dental modification with those different tribes. Generally, the dental modifications happened in the front 6 teeth as it is the teeth that are most visible when smiling, grinning, scowling, etc. so most modifications occur there. The modifications are different based on the different populations mentioned above, but there are some common themes. The most prominent dental modification is called k-9 teeth and most of the modifications are aesthetic and cultural reasons rather than improving the ability of teeth to inflict damage. This is an authoritative source as it was a refereed article and was published in the Bulletin of the International Association of Paleodontology and the research was conducted by the Department of Anthropology at Airlangga University in Indonesia. The study was completed in 2015 making the source up to date and a recent source giving it credibility. The article is relevant as it gives additional context to the history of teeth sharpening in Indonesia (a population we plan to add additional information about to the Wiki page) as the current page has no information. With the 3 sources we have for teeth sharpening, this would allow the article to be factual and mostly complete.

Source 4:

“Teeth Chiseling.” National Geographic, 14 Mar. 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314KpEm88LU

The video talks about and shows the dental modification process that occurs during human teeth sharpening. The process that is shown explains how it is done and why the woman is choosing to have her teeth sharpened (she wants to become more beautiful for her husband). This source is an authoritative source as it shows the context to teeth sharpening, how it is done, and explains the side effects of it (increased tooth decay). The source is National Geographic and it is reliable as it is a major television network that provides reliable data and information. The plan to use this in the Wiki page is to explain why people decide to do human teeth sharpening, which is beauty modification, and also mention the side effect of doing it which is increased teeth decay. This will allow the article to give a more clear picture of the risks imposed by teeth sharpening and a reason why some cultures do it.

Source 5:

“Mentawai Teeth Sharpening.” Indengenous Education Foundation - IEF, 1 Dec. 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwH_TpMrOzQ

The video shows the process of human teeth sharpening and how it is accomplished. A very sharp chisel and a hammer are used which bang into the sides of the teeth creating a sharper point sharpening the teeth. The video also mentions how if the teeth sharpening is done improperly this can result in faster teeth decay where a proper one does not see any measurable amount of decay, this was stated by a local. The article is authoritative as it shows the full process of sharpening an individual's teeth and was made by Indengenous Education Foundation. The IEF is a reliable source as it shows no bias towards culture but rather wants to present them in a way a person can understand the native culture. The plan to use this source is to describe the process in which teeth are sharpened as well as mention the health issues brought about by teeth sharpening.