A Preliminary Assessment of Health and Disease in Human Skeletal Remains from Shi San Hang: A Prehistoric Aboriginal Site on Taiwan.

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dc.contributor.authorPietrusewsky, Michael
dc.contributor.authorTsang, Cheng-hwa
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-17T20:44:27Z
dc.date.available2010-06-17T20:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.descriptionRefereed
dc.description.abstractA preliminary assessment of the health and disease of 23 (15 males and eight females) of the most complete and best preserved adult skeletons from the Shi San Hang site (ca 1800-500 B.P.), Taipei Prefecture, Taiwan, is made. Overall, the prehistoric inhabitants of Shi San Hang were relatively healthy. Adult mean statures indicate that the Shi San Hang adults were slightly taller than living Taiwan aboriginals. While moderately high frequencies of dental enamel hypoplasia (37.1%) and cribra orbitalia (38.9%) are observed in these remains, the overall health of these prehistoric inhabitants was good. Low frequencies of premortem tooth loss (0.3%), dental caries (1.0%), and dental abscessing (0.7%), and moderately low frequencies of periodontal disease observed in these remains suggest a mixed economy. Sex differences in the frequencies of some indicators in this prehistoric Taiwan aboriginal skeletal series suggest possible gender-related occupational/cultural uses of teeth. With the exception of spondylolysis in three individuals, bone trauma is rare. There is no evidence of general or specific infectious disease in these remains. Degenerative joint disease is not marked in the specimens examined. Limited comparisons of the results of this study are made with modern and prehistoric skeletal series from surrounding regions of Asia and the Pacific.
dc.identifier.citationPietrusewsky, Michael and Cheng-hwa Tsang. 2003. A Preliminary Assessment of Health and Disease in Human Skeletal Remains from Shi San Hang: A Prehistoric Aboriginal Site on Taiwan. Anthropological Science 111(2): 203-223.
dc.identifier.issn0918-7960
dc.identifier.otherFormer Mana'o EPrint ID72
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/1576
dc.publisherAnthropological Society of Nippon
dc.relationhttp://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/111/2/203/_pdf
dc.subjectBioarchaeology
dc.subjectCribra Orbitalia
dc.subjectDental Enamel Hypoplasia
dc.subjectDental Paleopathology
dc.subjectStress Indicators
dc.subjectSkeletal Paleopathology
dc.subjectTaiwan Aboriginals
dc.subject.lcshTaiwan
dc.subject.lcshPhysical anthropology
dc.subject.lcshAsia
dc.subject.lcshArchaeology
dc.titleA Preliminary Assessment of Health and Disease in Human Skeletal Remains from Shi San Hang: A Prehistoric Aboriginal Site on Taiwan.
dc.typeArticle

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