The Bioarchaeology of Habitual Activity and Dietary Change in the Siberian Middle Holocene

Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 263-291

  Lieverse, A R ^a   Stock, Jay T ^b   Katzenberg, M A ^c   Haverkort, C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture history model of Middle Holocene Cis Baikal; Links, long bone diaphyseal robusticity and shape and patterns of habitual locomotion amongst athletes; Middle Holocene human remains from Cis Baikal region of Siberia, hunter gatherer adaptation and cultural change; Mobility patterns, diet and habitual behaviour in middle Holocene Cis Baikal; Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM) differences in overall upper limb usage, Early Neolithic Kitoi occupants of Cis Baikal and Late Neolithic Bronze Age ISG; Postcranial robusticity middle Holocene Cis Baikal diaphyseal robusticity; Siberia and Cis Baikal region documenting human occupation, of the last 20000 years; Siberian Middle Holocene habitual activity biomechanics and indicators, and bioarchaeology of dietary change; Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, in preserved tissues information about past diet; Upper limb MSM and long bone robusticity analyses behaviour and mobility patterns in middle Holocene Cis Baikal

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855179136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470670170.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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