5. Health, Diet and Social Implications in Neolithic Greece from the Study of Human Osteological Material
- Ron Pinhasi2,
- Jay T. Stock3
Published Online: 14 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470670170.ch5
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture
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How to Cite
Papathanasiou, A. (2011) Health, Diet and Social Implications in Neolithic Greece from the Study of Human Osteological Material, in Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture (eds R. Pinhasi and J. T. Stock), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470670170.ch5
Editor Information
- 2
Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- 3
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 1QH
Publication History
- Published Online: 14 JAN 2011
- Published Print: 18 FEB 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470747308
Online ISBN: 9780470670170
- Summary
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- Neolithic Greece, health, diet and social implications - study of human osteological material;
- Neolithic transition in prehistory - effects on human health, social organization and economic infrastructure;
- Thessaly, Peloponnese, Cyprus and Crete - role in shift to agriculture in Europe;
- Neolithic Greek populations - subsistence and economy;
- Greek Neolithic sites - with human osteological samples;
- Neolithic Greece, and agricultural groups - land-based economy, near-shore marine protein resource exploitation;
- Meindl and Lovejoy's (1985) method - ectocranial suture closures, crania of adults;
- stress in past populations - deviations, in growth trajectories of long bones from normal rates;
- mean age at death and stature estimation - for Greek Neolithic sites;
- interpersonal violence - bioarchaeological data, from lesions on skeletal material
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Subsistence and Economy of Neolithic Greek Populations
Health
Interpersonal Violence
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References