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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Published in:	Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 157 - 179
Main Authors:	Pietrusewsky, Michael, Douglas, Michele Toomany
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Hawai'i Fall2001
Subjects:	Demography Environmental health Archaeology Thailand Ban Chiang (Udon Thani, Thailand)
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