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Agricultural Intensification and Prehistoric Health in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Denise C. Hodges
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Author Denise C. Hodges examines the osteological remains from 14 archaeological sites in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, in an attempt to address the relationship between the intensification of agriculture and the health status of the prehistoric population. Volume 9 of the subseries Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca.
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction to Volume 9
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Chapter I. Introduction: The Research Problem and Methods
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The Research Problem
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The Research Method
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Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Changes in the Subsistence and Settlement Systems
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The Rise of Sedentism
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The Rise of Agriculture
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Consequences of the Rise of Agriculture and Sedentism
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Sedentism and Health
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Subsistence and Health
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Chapter 3. Studies of Health and Agriculture in Prehistoric Populations
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The Concept of Health
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Paleopathology Studies of Subsistence Change
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Methodological Issues
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Review of Paleopathology Studies
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Summary
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Chapter 4. Archaeology of the Valley of Oaxaca
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Description of the Valley of Oaxaca
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The Chronology of the Prehispanic Valley of Oaxaca
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Archaeological Sites
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San Sebastian Abasolo
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Barrio del Rosario Huitzo
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Caballito Blanco
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Dainzu
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Fabrica San Jose
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Lambityeco (Yeguih)
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Brawbehl
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Mitla Fortress
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San Jose Mogote
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Monte Alban
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Tierras Largas
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Santo Domingo Tomaltepec
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Yagul
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Zaachila
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Summary
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The Agricultural Potential of the Valley of Oaxaca
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Temporal Trends in Subsistence
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Temporal Trends in Settlement Patterns and Population Size
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Social and Political Organization in the Valley of Oaxaca
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Social Organization
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Trade Networks and External Contact
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Chapter 5. Materials and Methods: Hypotheses, Skeletal Health Markers, the Sample and Analytical Techniques
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Hypothesis I
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Hypothesis II
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Hypothesis III
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Hypothesis IV
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Skeletal Stress Markers
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Nonspecific Stress Markers
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Enamel Hypoplasia
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Periapical Abscesses
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Dental Calculus
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Periodontal Disease
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Hypercementosis
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Dental Caries
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Dental Attrition
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Specific Stress Markers
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Porotic Hyperostosis
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Periosteal Reactions
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Degenerative Joint Disease
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Additional Health Markers
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The Oaxaca Skeletal Samples
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Analytical Tests
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Chapter 6. Results
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Enamel Hypoplasia
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Periapical Abscesses
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Dental Calculus
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Periodontal Disease
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Hypercementosis
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Summary of General Health Markers
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Statistical Power Analysis
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Analyses with Classic and Postclassic Groups Pooled
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Chapter 7. Discussion and Conclusions
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Comparison of Skeletal Stress Marker Frequencies
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Periosteal Reactions
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Porotic Hyperostosis
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Enamel Hypoplasia
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Dental Caries
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Interpretation of the Oaxaca Stress Marker Frequencies
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Agriculture and Health
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Conclusions
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References Cited
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Appendices. Introduction
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Appendix 1: Burial List
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Appendix 2: Metrics
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Appendix 3: Dental Pathology
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Appendix 4: Skeletal Pathology
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Citable Link
Published: 1989
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-951538-04-0 (ebook)
- 978-0-915703-16-6 (paper)