Book
Black Mesa Anasazi health: reconstructing life from patterns of death and disease
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Center for Archaeological Investigations • (14) • Published In 1991 • Pages: xix, 314
By: Martin, Debra L., Goodman, Alan H., Armelagos, George J., Magennis, Ann L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Martin et al. describe the various analyses conducted on the skeletal remains found on Black Mesa. They also describe, in detail, the theory behind their analyses and how the analyses were done. They were interested in determining the general health and diet of the people that lived on Black Mesa and how well they adapted to its marginal environment. Included in their analyses are a lifetable to determine birth and death rates; chemical analyses of some bone to examine diet; anthropometric analyses of the bones to determine growth rates and physical activity levels; tooth enamel defects to determine episodes of childhood growth disruption; other dental health problems such as rates of caries, abscesses, and tooth wear; and they examined the bones for indications of porotic hyperostosis that indicates anemia and periosteal reactions that indicates some kind of systemic infection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Human biology
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-850 BP (AD 800-1150)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Black Mesa, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Debra L. Martin ... [et al.]
- Based on the findings of the Black Mesa Archaeological Project
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-302)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90061289
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians--Anthropometry
- Paleopathology--Arizona--Black Mesa (Navajo and Apache Counties) Pueblo Indians--Health and hygiene
- Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.)--Antiquities