Skeletal correlates of human behavior in the americas

Boyd, Donna C.

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“…Additionally, the late‐Mississippian period is associated with sociopolitical organization which includes a differential mortuary treatment (mound versus village), arguably indicating the presence of social elites of ascribed and/or achieved status, which reflects some manner of hierarchical and/or heterarchical power structure (Saxe,1970; Peebles and Kus,1977; Steponaitis,1978; Bense,1994; Chapman,1994; Cobb,2003; Pauketat,2007). Health status differences have long been observed between mound‐interred (“elite”) and village‐interred (“nonelite”) individuals in the late‐Mississippian period; indeed, it has been the backbone of bioarchaeological inquiry for at least three decades (Buikstra and Cook,1980; Cohen and Armelagos,1984; Powell,1991; Boyd,1996; Danforth,1999; Larsen,1997,2002; Steckel and Rose,2002). This interment‐associated health disparity has also been amply demonstrated in studies of east Tennessee late‐Mississippian samples (Hatch and Willey,1974; Hatch,1976; Guagliardo,1980; Parham,1982; Hatch et al,1983; Jablonski,1983; Scott,1983; Richardson,1988; Betsinger,2002; Betsinger and Smith,2006,2007,2008; Vogel,2007).…”

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Differential visibility of treponemal disease in pre‐Columbian stratified societies: Does rank matter?

Smith

Betsinger

Williams

2010

American J Phys Anthropol

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Treponemal disease is known to be associated with the compromised community health of permanent village settlement. This association explains its high visibility in the village-based, arguably chiefdom level, agriculturalist societies of late prehistoric (AD 1300-1600) North America. Within chiefdom-level societies, health differences have often been demonstrated between mortuary-defined "elite" and "nonelite" individuals. This theoretically should predict status-based differences in treponemal disease visibility. The prediction is tested in a five-site osteological sample (N = 650) from the Dallas phase (AD 1300-1550), a simple mortuary-defined two-tiered presumptive chiefdom level maize agriculturalist socioeconomic context from lower east Tennessee. The Dallas phase results affirm a general pre-Colombian North American pattern of no sex differences and display comparable adult to subadult frequencies. The study also reveals that given a sufficient sample size, "elites" do indeed exhibit a significantly lower frequency of tertiary stage treponemal disease. This can be attributed to better baseline health, which has been previously demonstrated in this sample. It may also be affected by the mortuary inclusion of achieved status individuals whose good health may have facilitated sociopolitical advancement. Another pattern that emerged is an apparent young adult age bias in disease visibility. This suggests that tertiary treponemal disease morbidity may either directly or synergistically factor in early adult age at death. Future research will address the veracity of this association.

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Differential visibility of treponemal disease in pre‐Columbian stratified societies: Does rank matter?

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Betsinger

Williams

2010

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…This is consistent with previous research in the pre‐Columbian Southeast (e.g. Hutchinson; Williamson, ; Wilson, ) as well as the interpretive framework for much paleopathological research (Armelagos, ; Boyd, ; Buikstra & Beck, ; Larsen, , ). Biassed or not and statistically significant or not, the prevalence data does mirror the general temporal trend of a less steep rise in treponemal disease visibility with agricultural intensification and a large village settlement pattern.…”

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“…porotic hyperostosis, cribra orbitalia, linear enamel hypoplasia and periosteal reaction [periostosis]) have long been informative in reconstructing extinct pre-Columbian North American lifeways (e.g. Armelagos, 2003;Buikstra & Beck, 2006;Boyd, 1996;Larsen, 1995Larsen, , 2002Martin & Goodman, 2002;Powell et al, 1991;Steckel et al, 2002). These reactive changes, reflecting response(s) to persistent environmental conditions such as crowding, nutritional stress and poor community hygiene (Buikstra & Beck, 2006;Larsen, 2002), have not only indicated differential health across subsistence and settlement shifts but also revealed intrasite health differences based on sex, age and social role or status (e.g.…”

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“…These reactive changes, reflecting response(s) to persistent environmental conditions such as crowding, nutritional stress and poor community hygiene (Buikstra & Beck, 2006;Larsen, 2002), have not only indicated differential health across subsistence and settlement shifts but also revealed intrasite health differences based on sex, age and social role or status (e.g. Boyd, 1996;Larsen, 1998Larsen, , 2002Schultz et al, 2007). The array of bioarchaeologically informative chronic conditions could potentially include tertiary stage (i.e.…”

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Subsistence and Settlement Correlates of Treponemal Disease: Temporal Patterns in Pre-Columbian East Tennessee

Smith

Betsinger

2013

Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.

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After ca 1000 BC, coinciding with the transition to sedentism, tertiary stage treponemal disease apparently becomes osteologically pervasive in pre‐Columbian North America. However, varying interobserver treponemal disease diagnostic thresholds, sampling error and the possibly ecosensitive nature of the pre‐Columbian nonvenereal treponemal disease variants (i.e. yaws and treponarid) prevents subsistence‐settlement pattern from becoming a reliable predictor of treponemal disease prevalence. This is particularly true of later prehistory with the transition from horticulture to intensive, maize‐based agriculture. To address whether treponemal disease visibility does vary across this specific subsistence‐settlement threshold, subadults (4+ years of age) and adults from 11 late prehistoric sites (N = 997) from the same geographic area of East Tennessee were sampled for the presence of treponemal disease. Six sites (N = 279) primarily date to the Late Woodland period (AD 700–900) and culturally belong to what is referred to as the Hamilton mortuary complex. The sample is archaeologically characterised as horticulturalist with presumably a dispersed farmstead or hamlet settlement pattern. Six sites (N = 718) date to the Late Mississippian (AD 1300–1550, Dallas phase) and are maize‐intensive agriculturalists with a large, aggregate village settlement pattern. The sites were examined using three different levels of treponemal disease diagnostic confidence. Treponemal disease raw frequency does indeed differ across the levels of diagnostic confidence between the total Late Woodland horticulturalist sample (4.3–5.5%) and total Late Mississippian maize agriculturalist sample (5.4–6.5%). The meaning is complex as the Dallas phase sample may have a socially segregated elite; the mound‐interred (1.8%) relative to the village‐interred (6.1–7.4%) exhibited significantly fewer cases of treponemal disease. Tentatively, treponemal disease visibility does appear to co‐associate with sedentism and perhaps (if the mound‐interred Dallas individuals are elites) also aggregated settlement. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…In contrast, Barrett and colleagues (2001) examined prehistoric Ohio Valley Native Americans from three Late Archaic hunting-gathering populations, Murphy (2002a,b) examined New Zealand Polynesian skeletal remains from the prehistoric (pre-European settlement) period, and Wilbur (1998) examined prehistoric Native Americans from West-Central Illinois, spanning the Middle Woodland to Mississippian periods (AD 1-1100). As prehistoric Native American populations began to develop and depend upon agriculture, populations would have aggregated into sedentary settlements (Boyd, 1996). Similarly, prehistoric…”

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The Estimation of Stature from the Tarsals: Enhancing the Disaster Victim Identification Process in Thailand Using the Calcaneus and the Talus

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Patriquin³

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ii ACKNOWLEGMENTS This thesis could not have been completed without the support and copious contributions of numerous people and institutions. The quality of this research was significantly enhanced by the kindly contributions of my thesis committee. First and foremost, I express gratitude to my thesis committee supervisor, Dr. Tanya Peckmann for her direction, supervision, devotion, and patience (during the countless hours spent reading and revising my work). As a teacher and an advisor, you have provided invaluable experiences and opportunities that have helped to shape my career, and I have grown so much as a scholar, teacher, and a professional under your tutelage. I also wish to thank the supporting members of my thesis committee, Dr. Michelle Patriquin and Dr. Claudia Garrido-Varas for their expertise and feedback. During my time at Saint Mary's University, Michelle has become both a mentor and a friend. So often I pushed forward with revived motivation after our impromptu discussions; you have been a valuable and positive resource throughout my degree. Thank you is also extended to Dr. Claudia Garrido-Varas, who was able to provide unique insight into this research based on her practical experience as a forensic advisor in Thailand during the 2004 'Boxing Day' tsunami. Thank you, Claudia, for agreeing to serve on my committee, and for taking the time to review my work while abroad. generous with her time over the years, guiding me through statistical analyses and interpretation on more than one occasion, and patiently answering my constant barrage of questions. Susan, your assistance has immeasurably enriched my research. Finally, thank you to my family and friends for their unwavering support, encouragement, and willingness to lend an ear or share a drink.

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Skeletal correlates of human behavior in the americas

Cited by 20 publications

References 134 publications

Differential visibility of treponemal disease in pre‐Columbian stratified societies: Does rank matter?

Differential visibility of treponemal disease in pre‐Columbian stratified societies: Does rank matter?

Subsistence and Settlement Correlates of Treponemal Disease: Temporal Patterns in Pre-Columbian East Tennessee

The Estimation of Stature from the Tarsals: Enhancing the Disaster Victim Identification Process in Thailand Using the Calcaneus and the Talus

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