Morpho-functional characterization of a human tooth from a carbuna deposit

For the first time an odontological analysis (odontoscopy, odontometry and in addition digital computerized methods: radiovisiography and microscopy) of a drilled human tooth from an ancient deposit, which was accidentally discovered in the autumn of 1961 in the village of Carbuna, Ialo-veni district, Republic of Moldova, was carried out. Today, the tripolon settlement of Carbuna I is dated to the middle of the 5th millennium BC. In cultural-historical archaeology publications, the tooth has been considered in general. It is the only find of its kind on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, which belongs to the Eneolithic period. It was found out that the crown belongs to the four-tubercle type, due to the complete reduction of the hypoconulid, with an "X - pattern" of the fissures of the chewing surface, which corresponds to the second lower molar. The occlusal relief is almost completely obliterated as a result of significant functional load. The tooth is variable in the molar group, that is why it undergoes to reduction in more cases than the first molar. The dimensional characteristic of the tooth does not differ from the average statistical data and values that are typical for modern inhabitants of Moldo