Abstract: Dental pathologies (such as caries, periodontal disease, hypoplastic defects) and skeletal pathologies ( including malocclusions, osteomas, degenerative disease in the vertebral column, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis and lesions of skull) were analyzed in 15 skeletal samples from the Duzhong site (dating to late Yangshao culture) in Henan Province. Age and sex comparisons of individuals with caries were analyzed using Chi-squared ( χ2 ) tests, with results showing that sexual difference of frequencies of caries is not significant. In addition, caries are not significantly associated with age. In term of pathologies, artifical occipital deformation was examined in one skeletal sample and dental extraction in four skeletal samples.

Key words: Duzhong site; Caries; Osteoma; Dental extraction