UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
The award is to purchase a Sensofar White Light Confocal Imaging Profiler. The device is used to create 3D models of dental occlusal facets at magnifications suitable for dietary reconstruction via dental texture analysis; it includes true 3D surface reconstruction and an automated means of data collection. It will be used to study dental microtopography in archeological populations from around the globe in order to develop a broad-based understanding of paleodiet independent of chemical analysis.