Bio-cultural Approach to the Osteoarchaeological Inquiries in China

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

Osteoarchaeological research in China has traditionally focused on questions of population affinity to investigate the relationships among ancient groups. While such studies have produced valuable information on past populations, one result has been to stress the biological over the bio-cultural interpretation of the human past. The aim of this session is to provide more nuanced explorations of health, disease, and behavior through contextualized bio-archaeological analyses of human skeletal remains from a diverse array of environmental and cultural settings in ancient China. Contributors of this session will address questions within the bio-cultural framework that integrates biological data from human remains with their cultural and ecological contexts. Our goal is to offer new perspectives in the study of human adaptation and life-ways in ancient China.

Other Keywords
China • Health and Stress • bioarchaeology • Human Osteology • Trauma • Human Skeleton • Dental Attrition • Skeleton • Pastoralism • Osteoarthritis

Geographic Keywords
Asia (Continent) • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Isl (Country) • Territory of Guam (Country) • Republic of Indonesia (Country) • Republic of Tajikistan (Country) • Kyrgyz Republic (Country) • Japan (Country) • Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lan (Country) • Kingdom of Thailand (Country) • Kingdom of Cambodia (Country)

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  1. Ancient DNA of a nomadic population provides evidence of the genetic structure of the royal ancient Mongols (2017)
  2. Artificial cranial modifications of human remains from archeological sites in China (2017)
  3. Cranial Trepanations in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Xinjiang (2017)
  4. Dental Micro-wear Analysis and Diets of Dacaozi Ancient Population in Qinghai, China (2017)
  5. Health and Stress of Neolithic Yangshao Culture Skeletal Population from Wanggou Site, Zhengzhou (2017)
  6. Heath and Stress of Ancient People on the Shanbei Loess Slope in China: The Social and Environmental Impact (2017)
  7. Late Bronze Age women of the steppe frontier: a bioarchaeological analysis of multiple sites in northern China (2017)
  8. Migration and Diversity in Ancient Xinjiang: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Investigation of Adunqiaolu Population (2017)
  9. Oral Health and Dental Attrition of Human Remains from Tianli Cemetery, Xinzheng (ca. 8th-5th Century B.C.) (2017)
  10. Osteoarthritis, Labour Division, and Occupational Specialization of the Late Shang China – Insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 – 1046 B.C.) (2017)
  11. Preliminary Analysis on the Health Status of Human Skeletal Remains from Ali Region of Tibet (2017)
  12. Preliminary Investigation of Health and Stress in a Human Skeletal Population of Liangzhu Culture from Jiangzhuang Site, Xinghua, Jiangsu (2017)
  13. Preliminary investigations of Human Remains from the Neolithic Gouwan Site in Henan China: Examples of trauma and stress (2017)
  14. A study of kneeling facet observed on Bronze Age human skeletons excavated in North China (2017)
  15. Timing of Stress Episodes at Houtaomuga: Neolithic and Bronze Age Comparisons (2017)