Holocene Foragers of North India: the Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic Damdama
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Contents
Forewords: V. D. Misra (University of Allahabad)....................................iii
Kenneth A. R. Kennedy (Cornell University).........................iv
Preface: John R. Lukacs (University of Oregon) and
J. N. Pal (University of Allahabad).......................................v
Part I. History and Context
1. Introduction: Damdama in Context: Historical Background and Research Objectives.................1
1.1 Sarai Nahar Rai: First Impressions of Mesolithic Lake Culture..................................................................2
1.2 Mahadaha: Another Window on Mesolithic Lake Culture of the Ganga Plain...........................................6
1.3 Bioarchaeology of Damdama: Goals and Objectives..................................................................................8
2. Regional Context: Geology, Geography and Climate..........................................................................11
2.1 The Geophysical Setting: Geology, Sedimentology, and Climatology of the Ganga Plains.....................11
2.2 Geological Origin, Structure and Evolution of the Indo-Gangetic Foreland Basin...................................12
2.3 Sedimentology, Geomorphology and Climatic Sequence of the Ganga Foreland Basin..........................14
2.4 Holocene Soils of the Ganga Plain: Indicators of Paleoclimate................................................................18
2.5 Late Quaternary Environments of the Ganga Basin: Evidence from the Belan and Son Rivers...............19
2.6 A Multi-proxy Approach to Late Glacial - Holocene Environments of the Mid-Ganga Plain..................22
3. Site Context: Chronology, Ecology and Subsistence...........................................................................23
3.1 Chronology: Controversy and Contention................................................................................................23
3.1.1 Radiocarbon dates from accelerator mass spectrography (AMS).................................................24
3.1.2 Implications of new dates for Mesolithic adaptations..................................................................26
3.2 Local Environment and Ecology: Soils, Flora, and Fauna........................................................................27
3.2.1 Early environmental reconstructions for Mesolithic Lake Cultures.............................................28
3.2.2 Botanical indicators of environment.............................................................................................28
3.2.3 Faunal indicators of environment.................................................................................................29
3.3 Mesolithic Subsistence Patterns: Evidence and Inference........................................................................30
3.3.1 Initial models and controversies: Mobile vs. sedentary, semi-nomadic vs. semi-sedentary.........30
3.4 Faunal Evidence of Mesolithic Subsistence: Recent Contributions..........................................................33
4. Excavations and Archaeological Context (by V.D. Misra, J.N. Pal and M.C. Gupta)....................37
Part II. The Damdama Skeletal Series: Preservation and Demography
5. The Human Skeletal Sample: Preservation, Taphonomy, and Inventory.......................................51
5.1 Macroscopic Preservation of Skeletons....................................................................................................52
5.2 Microscopic Preservation: Histological Structure and Elemental Composition.......................................55
5.3 Human Skeletal Inventory and Assessment..............................................................................................57
5.4 Summary...................................................................................................................................................74
6. Paleodemography I: Attribution of Age and Sex.................................................................................75
6.1 Methods and Procedures for Determining Age and Sex...........................................................................75
6.1.1 Age estimation..............................................................................................................................75
6.1.2 Sex estimation...............................................................................................................................76
6.2 Diagnosis of Age and Sex by Specimen...................................................................................................77
6.3 Age, Sex, and Demographic Structure: Summary Assessment and Conclusions....................................112
7. Paleodemography II: Age Estimation from Dental Histology.........................................................121
(by Gwen Robbing Schug)
7.1 Materials and Methods......................................121
7.2 Results: Age Estimates from Cementum......................................124
7.3 Demographic Dynamics..................................125
Part III. Craniometry and Dental Anthropology
8. Cranial and Mandibular Morphometries: Descriptive and Comparative Analyses 131
8.1 Craniometry..............................................................................................................................................................................................................131
8.1.1 Craniometric methods.....................................131
8.1.2 Results: Craniometric measurements and variations................................131
8.1.3 Comparative craniometry........................................................................................................................................................................................................141
8.2 Mandibular Morphometries......................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
8.2.1 Methodology........................................................................................................................ 143
8.2.2 Morphological variation.............................................................................................................146
8.2.3 Mandibular osteometry...............................................................................................................146
8.3 Comparative Mandibular Morphometries (by Greg C. Nelson)..............................146
8.3.1 Analytic methods..........................................146
8.3.2 Results: Osteometry analysis.......................................148
8.3.3 Discussion...................................151
9. Dental Anthropology: Inventory and Tooth Wear...................................153
9.1 Inventory of Dental Remains.................................153
9.2 Tooth Wear: Data, Analysis, and Comparison............................155
9.2.1 Methods of assessing occlusal wear...........................................................................................155
9.2.2 Patterns of tooth wear: Age and sex...........................................................................................159
9.2.3 Inter-site variation in tooth wear.................................................................................................163
9.2.4 Wear seriation of Mesolithic specimens.....................................................................................166
9.3 Eight Grade System Wear Patterns.........................................................................................................169
9.4 Unique Wear Patterns.............................................................................................................................170
10. Dental Pathology: Lesion Prevalence and Meaning.......................................................................173
10.1 Dental Pathology and Behavior.............................................................................................................173
10.1.1 Methods: Diagnosis and interpretation.....................................................................................173
10.2 Dental Pathology by Individual.............................................................................................................175
10.2.1 Inter-site variation in dental pathology.....................................................................................178
10.3 Enamel Hypoplasia: Types and Prevalence..........................................................................................178
10.3.1 EH frequency by specimen.......................................................................................................180
10.3.2 LEH frequency by tooth...........................................................................................................181
10.3.3 Age at LEH formation..............................................................................................................182
10.4 Dental Pathology by Tooth Count.........................................................................................................184
10.4.1 Results......................................................................................................................................185
10.4.2 Evaluation, interpretation and comparison...............................................................................190
10.5 Developmental Defects and Pathological Lesions................................................................................197
10.5.1 Tooth rotation...........................................................................................................................197
10.5.2 Congential absence...................................................................................................................197
10.5.3 Localized enamel hypoplasia....................................................................................................197
10.6 Behavioral Inferences from Tooth Wear and Dental Pathology...........................................................200
11. Morphometric Dental Variation: Bio-distance and Adaptation....................................................201
11.1 Dental Morphology........................................................................................................................................................................................202
11.1.1 Methods............................................................................................................................................................................................202
H-L2 Variation in dental morphology at Damdama..........................................................................................................203
11.1.3 Comparative analysis of dental morphology........................................................................ 206
11.1.4 All-India inter-site comparison and biodistance from dental morphology...............................209
11.2. Tooth Size at Damdama: Adaptive and Evolutionary Perspectives............................................................218
11.2.1 Odontometric methods..........................................................................................................................218
11.2.2 Tooth size at Damdama: Crown dimensions and areas..............................................................218
H -2-3 Damdama tooth size in context.................................................................................................................................221
11.2.4 Deciduous odontometry..................................................................................................................................................224
11.3 Dental Variation at Damdama: A Synopsis.................................................226
11.3.1 Dental morphology...........................................................226
11.3.2 Tooth size ................ ......................226
Part IV. Post-cranial Skeletal Variation: Stature, Pathology, and Behavior
12. Post-cranial Osteometry: Stature, Robustness and Limb Segments in Adaptive and
Evolutionary Context......................................................................................................................................227
12.1 Objectives..............................................................................................................................................228
12.2 Methods.................................................................................................................................................228
12.2.1 Osteometry................................................................................................................................228
12.2.2 Estimation of stature.................................................................................................................229
12.2.3 Robusticity and limb proportions.............................................................................................230
12.3 Results...................................................................................................................................................230
12.3.1 Osteometry................................................................................................................................230
12.3.2 Stature.......................................................................................................................................239
12.3.3 Skeletal robusticity and adaptation...........................................................................................244
12.4 Summary of Post-cranial Osteometry...................................................................................................253
13. Skeletal Pathology and Activity Markers: Evidence on Diet, Disease and Behavior................255
13.1 Goals and Obj ectives of Paleopathology...............................................................................................255
13.2 Methods: Recognizing and Diagnosing Pathological Lesions..............................................................255
13.3 Skeletal Indicators of Health: Diet and Infectious Disease...................................................................256
13.3.1 Nutritional status: Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis....................................................256
13.3.2 Infectious disease: Periostitis....................................................................................................257
13.4 Skeletal Indicators of Activity, Growth and Behavior..........................................................................259
13.4.1 Osteoarthritis.......................................................................................................................... 259
13.4.2 Trauma......................................................................................................................................259
13.4.3 Enthesial hypertrophy...............................................................................................................262
13.4.4 Supratrochlear foramen (septal aperture)..................................................................................264
13.4.5 Vascular impressions................................................................................................................265
13.4.6 Ankle flexion facets (squatting facets).....................................................................................266
13.4.7 Lingual mandibular cortical depressions (Stafne s defect).......................................................268
13.5 Discussion: Markers of Stress and Activity..........................................................................................269
13.6 Summary: Skeletal variation and behavior............................................................................................269
Part V. Damdama: Integrative Summary and Concluding Remarks
14. The Bioarchaeology of Damdama: An Integrative Synthesis........................................................271
14.1 Objectives of an Integrative Synthesis..................................................................................................271
14.2 Environment, Subsistence and Human Biology....................................................................................272
14.2.1 Subsistence, diet and nutrition..................................................................................................273
14.3 Biological Affinities and Population History........................................................................................274
14.4 Skeletal Robusticity: Types and Causes................................................................................................276
14.4.1 Cranial robusticity....................................................................................................................276
14.4.2 Post-cranial robusticity.............................................................................................................277
14.4.2.1 Osteometric robusticity...........................................................................................278
14.4.2.2 Entheseal changes: Robusticity and activity............................................................278
14.5 Conclusions and Prospects....................................................................................................................279
14.5.1 Context: Chrono-eco-geographic setting..................................................................................279
14.5.2 Sample composition and preservation......................................................................................279
14.5.3 Craniofacial variation and adaptation......................................................................................279
14.5.4 Dental adaptations.................................280
14.5.5 Stature......................................280
14.5.6 Post-cranial adaptations..................................280
Appendices
281
Appendix A: Supplemental Dental Data
Table 1. Inventory of dental elements and tooth status..............................................................282-284
Table 2. Dental wear scores: Eight-grade scoring system.......................................................... 285-286
Table 3a. Scott wear scores by quadrant: Maxillary molars........................................................287-288
Table 3b. Scott wear scores by quadrant: Mandibular molars.....................................................289-290
Table 4a. Odontometric data: Maxillary permanent teeth (by specimen)....................................291 -293
Table 4b. Odontometric data: Mandibular permanent teeth (by specimen).................................294-296
Table 5. Deciduous dental morphology (DOM 5).............................................................................297
Appendix B: Post-cranial Osteometric Data
Table 1. Post-cranial measurements of the upper extremity (in mm)..........................................298-300
Clavicle, Scapula........................................................................................298
Humerus......................................................................................................299
Radius, Ulna...............................................................................................300
Table 2. Post-cranial measurements of the lower extremity (in mm).......................................... 301 -305
Innominate..................................................................................................301
Femur..................................................................................................302-304
Tibia, Fibula................................................................................................305
References..........................................................................................................................................................307
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