Birth is but our death begun: A bioarchaeological assessment of skeletal emaciation in immature human skeletons in the context of environmental, social, and subsistence transition

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-259

  Schug, Gwen Robbins ^a   Goldman, Haviva M ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Biocultural stress; Childhood; Emaciation; Femur

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CORTICAL BONE; EMACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INDIA; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIVILIZATION; FEMUR; HEALTH; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927913255     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22536     Document Type: Article

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