Paleodemography of the Libben Site, Ottawa County, Ohio
Paleodemography of the Libben Site, Ottawa County, Ohio
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俄亥俄州渥太华县利本遗址的古人口学
作者：
C. Lovejoy;R. Meindl;T. R. Pryzbeck;Thomas S. Barton;K. Heiple;David Kotting
利本遗址是北方俄亥俄州大黑泽地区的一个晚期林地骨库和占领遗址，该遗址出土了保存完好的1327具有关节的个体骨骼样本。该遗址的出色保存和完整性以及详尽的老化方法的使用使其成为最大和最全面的北美史前墓地。存活率数据表明，这是一个稳健、成功的群体。出生时预期寿命为20岁。在成年人中，男性死亡率始终高于女性，这种情况可能与人际和群体间的高攻击性有关。婴儿死亡率普遍较低，并提出了一个关于土著民族与欧洲人接触后婴儿死亡率上升和成人死亡率同时下降的一般假设。
The Libben site, a Late Woodland ossuary and occupation site from the Great Black Swamp of northern Ohio has yielded a well-preserved skeletal sample of 1327 articulated individuals. The outstanding preservation and completeness of the site and the utilization of an exhaustive aging methodology make this the largest and most comprehensively censused North American prehistoric cemetery. Survivorship data indicate a robust, successful population. Life expectancy at birth was 20 years. Among adults, male mortality was consistently higher than female, a condition possibly related to high interpersonal and intergroup aggression. Infant mortality was generally low, and a general hypothesis concerning the elevation of infant mortality and the simultaneous depression of adult mortality among aboriginal peoples after European contact is suggested.