TEKKOUK , Faiza

Dental microwear (DMA) is a tool used for the palaeodiet reconstruction of animals in Archaeology. The use of this proxy on domestic ungulates provides valuable information to reconstruct livestock strategies, yet it presents several methodological limitations. Most studies have been carried out using low-magnification DMA and the...

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a proxy used for characterising vertebrate palaeodiets in archaeological and palaeontological studies through the acquisition of 3D micro-texture height maps using confocal microscopy. Unlike previous techniques, DMTA is a quantitative method and enables reproducibility and repeatability. However,...