Dissertation Research: Paleopathology in Human Skeletal Remains from the Bronze/Iron Age, Northeast Thailand

P.I. Michael Pietrusewsky/M。对生活在地中海周围和史前美洲的人们进行了广泛的考古研究，试图记录向农业的过渡及其对人类健康的后续影响。一个非常普遍的新假设是，从采集大量野生水果和蔬菜到依赖一种或几种农作物的过渡对早期农业人口的健康产生了许多有害影响。然而，在东南亚独特的热带季风环境中发现的人群中，很少有人注意到这些同样的问题，而人们认为东南亚是水稻农业的驯化和早期集约化发生的地方。例如，对大米而不是玉米的依赖很可能不会对人口的健康造成如此大的危害。通过对来自泰国北部的人类骨骼遗骸的研究，本论文研究项目将解决这个早期农业关键比较区域的古代居民的健康状况，从水稻种植的开始到其集约化和人口依赖。* * * P人类学\ jfried \ \ 9321152。腹肌:sx ！!!D (Times New Roman Symbol & Arial Q " h E = Jonathan Friedlaender

ABSTRACT P.I. Michael Pietrusewsky/M. Douglas SBR-9321152 Extensive archaeological research among peoples living around the Mediterranean and in prehistoric America has been conducted in an attempt to document the transition to agriculture and its subsequent effects on human health. One very common new hypothesis is that the transition to dependence on one or a few agricultural crops from gathering a large number of wild fruits and vegetables had a number of detrimental effects on the health of early agricultural populations. However, very little attention has been given to these same issues in human populations found living in the unique tropical monsoon enviornment of Southeast Asia, where the domestication and early intensification of rice agriculture is believed to have occurred. It may well be, for example, that dependence on rice, rather than maize, may not have been so detrimental to the health of the population. Through a study of human skeletal remains from northern Thailand, this dissertation research project will address the health status of the ancient inhabitants of this critical comparative area of early agriculture, from the beginnings of rice cultivation through its intensification and population dependence. *** P\anthro\jfried\9321152.abs : s x ! ! ! D ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial Q " h E E = Jonathan Friedlaender Jonathan Friedlaender