TABLE 3. Frequency of scratch marks and pits on a representative sample of teeth used in this study. DIP represents dentine incidence of pitting. EIP represents Enamel incidence of pitting. DIP and EIP expressed as percentages. Note the consistent pattern of higher incidence of pitting on the dentine surfaces. The open entries in the table reflect the dental surface was not preserved well enough to reliably discern features. Vector length refers to the length of the mean scratch vector and is a measure of the concentration of the orientations of the long axis of each scratch. More random distributions approach 0 and more preferred distributions approach 1 (see Ungar 1994, 2002).
 
 

Specimen number

Geography

DIP

EIP

Vector Length

 

DMNH 22143

Alaska

--

09

0.441

 

DMNH 22142

Alaska

--

11

0.356

 

DMNH 22141

Alaska

18

--

0.171

 

TMM 42315-1D

Alberta

14

0

0.295

 

TMM 42315-1B

Alberta

18

0

0.499

 

TMM 40484-21A

Alberta

--

13

0.283

 

DMNH 22160

Wyoming

17

--

0.398

 

DMNH [Denver] 20378D

Wyoming

15

13

0.293

 

TMM 43057-439D

Texas

17

--

0.397

 

TMM 42335-68C

Texas

13

11

0.442