THE PEOPLE OF AMASYA ROMAN PERIOD

Abstract The aim of this study is to determine paleodemographic and morphological structure and oral health of the human skeletons that were excavated in various archaeological sites dated to the Roman period in the province of Amasya between 1992 and 2012. Of the 56 individuals, 2 were infants (%3.57), 11 were children (%19.64), 15 were women (% 26.79), 13 were men (% 23.21) 15 were adults (%26,79) whose gender can not be determined. The average age of adult individuals is 39.4 years. According to Pearson (1899), Trotter-Gleser (1952) and Sa？？r (2000), stature was 161,58 (n: 4), 167,85 (n: 4) ve Sa？？r (2000) 162,07 (n: 4) respectively in society. In adults permanent teeth and jaws, dental attrition (56,98 %), dental caries (4,65 %), hypoplasia (4,65 %), dental calculus (2,91 %), abscess (1,35 %), alveolar bone loss (36,3 %) and antemortem tooth loss 6,28 % were determined