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Studies in disruption: demography and health in the prehistoric American Southwest
understanding complexity in the prehistoric southwest • 16 • Published In 1994 • Pages: 59-112
By: Nelson, Ben A., Martin, Debra L., Swedlund, Alan C., Fish, Paul R., Armelagos, George J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Nelson et al. examine the skeletal data from five sites to analyze several hypotheses 'regarding the conditions under which prehistoric southwestern populations experienced biological disruption' (page 60). They present summaries on the sites and the pathologies their populations experienced along with life tables and mortality curves. Only the data that pertained to the Early Anasazi were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes. Specifically this means the data for Black Mesa, Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Casas Grandes were indexed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Nutrition
- Mortality
- Culture summary
- Geography
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1250-500 BP (AD 750-1500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States; Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ben A. Nelson, Debra L. Martin, Alan C. Swedlund, Paul R. Fish, and George J. Armelagos
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-112)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94006317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Computer simulation
- Adaptation (Biology)--Mathematical models
- Archaeology--Southwest, New--Methodology
- Southwest, New--Antiquities