Health in Past Societies: Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts: Biocultural interpretations of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts

There is a good trans-Atlantic mix in the eleven contributions to this volume whose theme is our recognition of the health of past societies, and its significance for them; developed from sessions at the 1988 Sheffield TAG meetings. Six papers consider concepts and methods, five are case-studies (demography of Medieval York, anaemia at Romano-British Dorchester, epidemics seen in teeth in Bradford and Mexico, community health in Late Prehistoric Tennessee, health changes at the agricultural transition in Europe). Cover Page Copyright List of Contributors List of Figures Preface Part 1: Concepts and Methods 1. PATHOLOGY AND HEALTH IN PAST SOCIETIES: AN INTRODUCTION. 2. CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND STRESS 3. ACCOUNTING FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOSOMATIC PHENOMENA: DID UNCO-OPERATIVE UPPERPALAEOLITHIC PEOPLE BECOME ILL AND DIE? 4. HEALTH, ADAPTATION, AND MALADAPTATION IN PAST SOCIETIES 5. DIRECT GENETIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND BIOCULTURAL CONDITIONS OF PAST POPULATIONS: A NEW PROSPECT FOR ARCHAEOLOGY. 6. DENTAL HISTOLOGY AS AN INDEX OF PAST COMMUNITY HEALTH Part 2: Case Studies 7. PATTERNS OF LIFE AND DEATH: THE PALAEODEMOGRAPHY OF MEDIEVAL YORK. 8. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DENTAL ENAMELHYPOPLASIAS IN MEXICO AND BRADFORD: THEIR RELEVANCE TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SKELETAL STUDIES. 9. ANAEMIA IN ROMAN BRITAIN: POUNDBURY CAMP. 10. INTERPRETING MEASURES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH DURING THE LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: A BIOCULTURAL APPROACH. 11. HEALTH STATUS OF EUROPEAN POPULATIONS AT THE AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ADOPTION OF FARMING.