Intensification of agriculture at Ban Chiang: Is there evidence from the skeletons

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-178

  Pietrusewsky, Michael ^a   Douglas, Michele Toomay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioarchaeology; Dental pathology; Palaeodemography; Palaeopathology; Prehistory; Rice; Southeast Asia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INJURY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

BAN CHIANG; THAILAND;

EID: 0035469973     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2001.0023     Document Type: Article

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