Intensification of Agriculture at Ban Chiang: Is There Evidence from the Skeletons?

Discusses the effects of agricultural intensification on the palaeodemography, health and patterns of traumatic injury of early inhabitants in Ban Chiang, Thailand. Life expectancy and mean age at death; Increase in dental enamel hypoplasia and adult cribra orbitalia; Difference of Southeast Asia's...

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Publicado en:Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 157 - 179
Autores principales: Pietrusewsky, Michael, Douglas, Michele Toomany
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Hawai'i Fall2001
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Sumario:Discusses the effects of agricultural intensification on the palaeodemography, health and patterns of traumatic injury of early inhabitants in Ban Chiang, Thailand. Life expectancy and mean age at death; Increase in dental enamel hypoplasia and adult cribra orbitalia; Difference of Southeast Asia's archaeological sequence from those studied elsewhere in the world.