The health and nutritional condition research on the skeletal human remains from Dabaoshan in Inner Mongolia, China

Summary

Dabaoshan cemetery (2300-2200 BP) is a recently excavated archaeological site in south central Inner Mongolia, China. Human remains from Dabaoshan cemetery (DBS) represent one of the earlier groups of ancient people in this area, which has the potential to illuminate the prehistoric life ways and relationships of ancient peoples in East Asia. Yet, little attention has been given to this cemetery by way of archaeological research. In this study, the nature and health consequences of the interactions between populations in DBS were documented using multiple lines of bioarchaeological evidence to test longstanding assumptions about dietary dependency and violent conflict of DBS and even the south central region of Inner Mongolia.This study investigates the health condition of DBS by studying on dental disease, arthritis, fracture and trauma. The results show that the carbohydrates food was the main part of their food supply, while there was still a small number of meat in their diet, also the results indicate that the agricultural, which the ancient population from DBS had, probably arrived the mutual level. The results also show that the society of DBS was more harmonious than other sites in this region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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