Storey, Rebecca2019-06-242019-06-24December 22018-12December 2https://hdl.handle.net/10657/4047Remains of humans recovered in modern and archaeological contexts provide a wealth of information regarding an individual’s life history and that of the society itself in which they lived. Individuals that have been excavated from burials at K’axob, Belize, an ancient Maya site have yielded a skeletal population dating from the Preclassic to Classic periods. Through examination of the dentition of these remains for caries, infection, and wear, this study aims to analyze the prevalence of these dental pathologies and their correlations to one another among other factors. Caries were found to be present in 80 (76.2%) of the 105 individuals and infection was seen in 16 (15.2%) of the individuals. Tooth wear was seen to have not occurred in 13 individuals (12.4%); light wear was seen in 17 (16.2%), moderate in 39 (37.1%), and severe wear occurred in 36 (34.3%) of the 105 individuals. It was found that tooth wear and caries prevalence of individuals were not interconnected, while infection and tooth wear were related with more wear of the teeth resulting in the presence of infection.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).AnthropologyArchaeologyBioarchaeologyK'axob2019-06-24Thesisborn digital