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Table 1 Summary of permanent teeth samples

From: Reconstruction of human exposure to heavy metals using synchrotron radiation microbeams in prehistoric and modern humans

Period

ID

Tooth type

Gender

Personal information

Residential area

Modern

M1

Rt mandibular 3rd molar

Female

Born in 1983

Kyoto

 

M2

Rt maxillary 3rd molar

Female

Born in 1975

Kyoto

 

M3

Rt mandibular 3rd molar

Female

Born in 1969

Kyoto

 

M4

Rt mandibular 3rd molar

Female

Born in 1958

Kyoto

 

M5

Rt mandibular 3rd molar

Female

Born in 1934

Kyoto

Edo Era

 18 C

K

Rt maxillary 1st–3rd molar

Male

Court painter

Tokyo

 17 C

E1

Lt maxillary canine

Unknown

Farmer

Ibaragi

 17 C

E2

Lt maxillary 1st molar

Unknown

Farmer

Ibaragi

 17 C

E3

Rt maxillary cutting

Female

Merchant wife

Tochigi

 17 C

E4

Lt maxillary 1st molar

Unknown

Merchant associated

Tochigi

Medieval

 14 C

C1

Maxillary front

Male

Craftsman

Kyoto

 14 C

C2

Lt maxillary 1st molar

Male

Craftsman

Kyoto

 10 C

C3

Rt mandibular molar

Unknown

Town people

Kyoto

Tumulus

 6 C

T1

Maxillary front

Unknown

Local head of a clan

Nagano

Jomon

 −5 C

J1

Mandibular 1st molar

Unknown

Unknown

Chiba

 −5 C

J2

Rt maxillary 3rd molar

Unknown

Unknown

Chiba

 −10 C

J3

Lt maxillary 1st molar

Female

Middle aged

Miyagi

  1. Rt right, Lt light