Weiss, K. M., Wood, J., Milner, G. and Harpending, H. (1992). The osteological paradox: problems of inferring prehistoric health from skeletal samples. Current Anthropol 33 (4). Vol 33(4), pp. 343-370.
Title The title of the publication or report |
The osteological paradox: problems of inferring prehistoric health from skeletal samples | ||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Current Anthropol 33 (4) | ||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Current Anthropology | ||
Volume Volume number and part |
33 (4) | ||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
343 - 370 | ||
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Journal | ||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Palaeodemography and palaeopathology presuppose that direct relationships exist between statistics calculated from archaeological skeletal series (eg skeletal lesion frequencies and mean age at death) and the health status of the past populations that gave rise to the series. However, there are fundamental conceptual problems which confound that interpretation of such statistics. Using simple models of the relationship between individual `frailty' and the hazard of death at each age, this paper explores the implications of these problems for archaeological interpretation. One conclusion is that the skeletal evidence pertaining to the transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture is equally consistent with an improvement in health and a deterioration in health resulting from the transition. An appendix presents a hazard model of mortality. Includes comments and reply by the authors. | ||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1992 | ||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
20 Jan 2002 |