Diet and health changes at the end of the Chinese Neolithic: The Yangshao/Longshan transition in Shaanxi province

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-36

  Pechenkina, Ekaterina A ^a,c   Benfer Jr , Robert A ^a   Zhijun, Wang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Banpo Museum   (China)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Archaeology; Buccal exostosis; Calculus; Caries; Dental macrowear; LEH; LSAMAT; Paleopathology; Porotic hyperostosis; Stature; Torus mandibularis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; DIET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; OSCILLATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SKELETON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHINA; CLIMATE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DIET; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0036135179     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10014     Document Type: Article

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