The Mogou Bioarchaeology Project: Exploring health in the Chinese Bronze Age
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Dittmar, JM
Berger, ES
Mao, R
Wang, H
Yeh, HY
Abstract
jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pBioarchaeological research provides unique insights on human adaptation, diet, lifestyle and epidemiology. The Mogou Bioarchaeology Project explores how health was affected by the Bronze Age transition in north-west China. Preliminary results reveal that the inhabitants experienced substantial physiological stress, infectious disease and lethal trauma.</jats:p>
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4301 Archaeology, 4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 3 Good Health and Well Being
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Antiquity
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0003-598X
1745-1744
1745-1744
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95
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Antiquity Publications
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Funding to carry out this research was provided by the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Chinese National Social Science Key Project Grant for “The Mogou Cemetery Project: Multidisciplinary Research in Gansu Lintan” (grant number: 18ZDA225); Banco Santander through the Santander Mobility Grant scheme at the University of Cambridge; Darwin College, Cambridge, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan; the Esherick-Ye Family Foundation; the Association for Asian Studies China and Inner Asia Council; and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Cobb Professional Development Grant program.