Ancient health :: skeletal indicators of agricultural and economic intensification /

Confirming earlier conclusions that human health declined after the adoption of farming and the rise of civilization, this book greatly enlarges the geographical range of paleopathological studies by including new work from both established and up-and-coming scholars.

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Other Authors: Cohen, Mark Nathan, Crane-Kramer, Gillian Margaret Mountford
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2007.
Series:Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Confirming earlier conclusions that human health declined after the adoption of farming and the rise of civilization, this book greatly enlarges the geographical range of paleopathological studies by including new work from both established and up-and-coming scholars.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 432 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-410) and index.
ISBN:9780813037776
0813037778
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