The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (Routledge Handbooks)

In Recent Years The Bioarchaeology Of Southeast Asia And The Pacific Islands Has Seen Enormous Progress. This New And Exciting Research Is Synthesised, Contextualised And Expanded Upon In The Routledge Handbook Of Bioarchaeology In Southeast Asia And The Pacific Islands. The Volume Is Divided Into Two Broad Sections, One Dealing With Mainland And Island Southeast Asia, And A Second Section Dealing With The Pacific Islands. A Multi-scalar Approach Is Employed To The Bio-social Dimensions Of Southeast Asia And The Pacific Islands With Contributions Alternating Between Region And/or Site Specific Scales Of Operation To The Individual Or Personal Scale. The More Personal Level Of Osteobiographies Enriches The Understanding Of The Lived Experience In Past Communities. Including A Number Of Contributions From Sub-disciplinary Approaches Tangential To Bioarchaeology The Book Provides A Broad Theoretical And Methodological Approach. Providing New Information On The Globally Relevant Topics Of Farming, Population Mobility, Subsistence And Health, No Other Volume Provides Such A Range Of Coverage On These Important Themes. The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands- Front Cover 1 The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Figures 10 Tables 16 Contributors 21 Foreword 24 References 25 A dedication 26 Publications of Associate Professor Nancy Tayles to date 27 Chapter 1: Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 30 Part I: Mainland and island Southeast Asia 32 Part II: The Pacific Islands 33 A note on dates 35 References 35 Part I: Mainland and island Southeast Asia 36 Chapter 2: The population history of mainland and island Southeast Asia 38 Introduction 38 North-eastern Eurasia 38 Meeting in the middle 45 Mid-Holocene population history 46 Concluding remarks 48 References 49 Chapter 3: Human cultural, technological and adaptive changes from the end of the Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene in Southeast Asia 53 Introduction 53 Landscape transformations and environmental change through the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene 53 Changing subsistence patterns, animal translocations and plant management and domestication 55 Implements manufactured of bone, stone and shell 57 The emergence of burial traditions across Southeast Asia 62 Discussion of technological and behavioral change in the Early Holocene of Southeast Asia 64 Acknowledgments 67 References 68 Chapter 4: Prehistoric mortuary traditions in Cambodia 74 Introduction 74 Angkor region 75 Northwest Cambodia 79 Southern Cambodia 86 Discussion 90 Concluding remarks 93 Note 93 References 93 Chapter 5: Frail, foreign or favoured? A contextualized case study from Bronze Age northeast Thailand 97 Introduction 97 The location of Ban Non Wat and some background to the site 99 Approaches to studying this material 103 The archaeological context of B676 104 The biology of B676 105 Discussion 116 Concluding remarks 119 Acknowledgements 120 Note 120 References 120 Chapter 6: Reflections on life and times in Neolithic Vietnam: One person’s story 124 Introduction 124 Introducing M9: his disease, his disability and his care 125 Establishing context: the archaeology and osteology of Man Bac 129 Reflecting on Man Bac life and times through the lens of M9 133 Concluding remarks 136 References 136 Chapter 7: Investigating activity and mobility patterns during the mid-Holocene in northern Vietnam 139 Introduction 139 Approaches to analysis and some study limitations 142 Our findings 144 Our findings in context 156 Conclusions and future research directions 160 Acknowledgements 161 References 161 Chapter 8: Reconstructing diet at An Son and Hòa Diêm: Implications for understanding Southeast Asian subsistence patterns 166 Introduction 166 Approaches to dietary reconstruction in Vietnam 167 Isotopic evidence for diet in Vietnam 172 Interpreting these isotopic signatures 178 Acknowledgements 184 References 184 Chapter 9: Infant and child health and disease with agricultural intensification in mainland Southeast Asia 187 Introduction 187 Health and the intensification of agriculture 188 Sites examined 190 Health findings 191 The findings within the context of agricultural intensification 200 Conclusions 204 Acknowledgements 204 References 205 Chapter 10: To follow in their footsteps: An examination of the burial identity of the elderly from Non Nok Tha 216 Introduction 216 Materials and methods 221 Results 225 Discussion 238 Concluding remarks 241 Acknowledgements 242 References 242 Chapter 11: Age-at-death estimation in a sample of prehistoric Southeast Asian adolescents and adults 249 Introduction 249 The site: Ban Non Wat 252 Age estimation methods 253 Aging the sample 257 Discussion 262 Concluding remarks 265 Acknowledgements 265 References 265 Chapter 12: Cremation in mainland Southeast Asia: An overview 268 Introduction 268 Macroscopic analysis of burned bone 275 History, ethnography and bioarchaeology combined: a case study on historic Lan Xang cremation 277 Concluding remarks 281 Acknowledgements 281 References 281 Chapter 13: Social affiliation, settlement pattern histories and subsistence change in Neolithic Borneo 286 Introduction 286 The archaeology of the Niah Caves and environs 288 West Mouth Neolithic cemetery 292 Lobang Jeragan Neolithic cemetery 297 Burial histories and cemetery chronologies 299 Isotopic analysis 300 Niah isotope data and analysis 301 Conclusions 313 Acknowledgements 315 References 315 Chapter 14: Field anthropology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: Initial steps toward a regional overview an the Pain Haka case study 318 Introduction 318 The context of field anthropology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 321 Field anthropology in ISEA: a case study of the Pain Haka cemetery in East Flores, Indonesia 326 Concluding remarks 335 Acknowledgements 336 References 336 Chapter 15: Dealing with death in late Neolithic to Metal Period Nagsabaran, the Philippines 340 Introduction 340 Background, burials and analytical approaches 340 Dealing with the dead 346 Concluding remarks 350 Additional materials 351 References 364 Chapter 16: Implications of pathological changes in cremated human remains from Palawan, Philippines, for island Southeast Asian archaeology 368 Introduction 368 The site of Ille cave 370 The assemblage of cremations 371 Methods applied to assessing the cremated bones 374 Results of analysis 374 The interpretation of pathology from the bone lesions 380 Implications 382 Concluding remarks 384 References 384 Part II: The Pacific Islands 390 Chapter 17: Bioarchaeology in the Pacific Islands: A temporal and geographical examination of nutritional and and infectious disease 392 Introduction 392 Prehistoric Pacific Island human settlement 394 Nutrition and growth in the Pacific Islands 397 Infectious diseases of the Pacific Islands 400 Conclusions 410 References 411 Chapter 18: Human biology and population histories in the Pacific - is there such thing as a Lapita people? 418 Introduction 418 History of biological studies in the Pacific 419 Contributions of molecular studies to Pacific settlement history: an overview 420 What can we say about Lapita origins and biological identity based on modern genetic diversity? 423 Lapita in Near Oceania 426 The colonisation of Remote Oceania 429 Ancient DNA - the real Lapita peoples and change through time 431 Concluding remarks 432 References 433 Chapter 19: Socio-environmental adaption to the montane rainforests of New Guinea 438 Introduction 438 Common misconceptions about people in rainforests 441 Rainforests and resources 442 High-mobility, low-density occupation 444 The transition to agriculture in the highlands 445 Archaeological traces 447 People changed themselves 450 References 451 Chapter 20: Is there a ‘Lapita diet’? A comparison of Lapita and post-Lapita skeletal samples from four Pacific Island archaeological sites 456 Introduction 456 Is there a Lapita diet? The biosocial context of subsistence change 475 Summary of human diets: addressing the hypothesis 480 Summary of pig diets: addressing the hypothesis 483 Concluding remarks 484 Acknowledgements 484 References 485 Chapter 21: Dogs and people in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 491 Introduction 491 Domestication 491 Dog dispersal 494 Living with dogs in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 495 Distribution of dogs 497 Linguistics 504 Conclusions and future directions 505 References 506 Chapter 22: Scratching out a living: Chickens in ancient Pacific economies 512 Introduction 512 Beyond dispersal: human/chicken interactions 522 Symbol and status 524 Concluding remarks 525 Acknowledgements 525 References 525 Chapter 23: Adapting to Palau 531 Introduction 531 The site of Chelechol ra Orrak 531 Early Palau in a regional context: biodistance studies 536 Dietary reconstruction 537 Skeletal indicators of lifeways and adaptation 539 Human adaptation in early Palau 549 References 550 Chapter 24: Under the Latte: Osteobiography and social context of a burial assemblage at Tumon Bay, Guam 556 Introduction 556 Archaeological context of latte 557 Intra-site skull nonmetric variation 564 The Sequence C burials 567 Conclusions 572 Acknowledgments 573 References 573 Chapter 25: Diet and subsistence in remote Oceania: An analysis using oral indicators of diet 598 Introduction 598 Background 599 Methods for recording oral health conditions 603 Analytical methods 605 Oral health indicators of diet in the samples 606 Discussion 612 Concluding remarks 621 Acknowledgments 621 References 621 Chapter 26: Dental calculus and plant diet in Oceania 628 Introduction 628 The potential of dental calculus as an avenue for investigating subsistence, and beyond, in the past 630 Microfossils 632 Case studies investigating microfossil evidence in the prehistoric Pacific Islands 635 Future directions 643 Concluding remarks 645 Acknowledgments 646 References 646 Chapter 27: What archaeologists want human biologists to tell them, about Teouma for example 652 Introduction 652 What do archaeologists want? 657 What can biological anthropologists expect from us? 657 Teouma: trying to get it right 659 Conclusions 660 Notes 661 Acknowledgements 661 References 661 Chapter 28: The ancestors speak: Koiwi Tangata, Matauranga Maori and the development of biological anthropology in New Zealand 666 Introduction 666 Case studies 673 Discussion and conclusions 678 Note 679 Acknowledgements 679 Glossary 680 References 680 Chapter 29: Meta-themes in the bioarchaeology of the Asia-Pacific region 684 introduction 684 Doing bioarchaeology 684 Culture through the lens of funerary behaviours 685 Human mobility in the Asia-Pacific 686 Subsistence and diet 686 Patterns of ancient health and disease 689 References 690 Index 692 Bioarchaeology In Southeast Asia And The Pacific / Hr Buckley And Mf Oxenham -- The Population History Of Mainland And Island Southeast Asia / Mf Oxenham And Hr Buckley -- Human Cultural, Technological And Adaptive Changes From The End Of The Pleistocene To The Mid-holocene In Southeast Asia / Pj Piper -- Prehistoric Mortuary Traditions In Cambodia / D O'reilly And L Shewan -- Frail, Foreign Or Favoured? A Contextualized Case Study From Bronze Age Northeast Thailand / K Domett, J Newton, Colbert, N Chang, S. Halcrow -- Reflections On Life And Times In Neolithic Vietnam: One Person's Story / L Tilley And Mf Oxenham -- Investigating Activity And Mobility Patterns During The Mid-holocene In Northern Vietnam / D Huffer And Mf Oxenham -- Reconstructing Diet At An Son And Hoa Diem: Implications For Understanding Southeast Asian Subsistence Patterns / A Willis And Mf Oxenham --^ Infant And Child Health And Disease With Agricultural Intensification In Mainland Southeast Asia / Se Halcrow, N Tayles And Cl King -- To Follow In Their Footsteps: An Examination Of The Burial Identity Of The Elderly From Non Nok Tha / Kw Ross And Mf Oxenham -- Age-at-death Estimation In A Sample Of Prehistoric Southeast Asian Adolescents And Adults / N Tayles And S Halcrow -- Cremation In Mainland Southeast Asia: An Overview / S.m Ward And N Tayles -- Social Affiliation, Settlement Pattern Histories And Subsistence Change In Neolithic Borneo / L Lloyd-smith, J Krigbaum And B Valentine -- Field Anthropology In Southeast Asia And The Pacific: Initial Steps Toward A Regional Overview And The Pain Haka Case Study / N J Harris, H Buckley, Se Halcrow, R Kinaston, A Foster, J-c Galipaud And T Simanjantuk -- Dealing With Death In Late Neolithic To Metal Period Nagsabaran, The Philippines / Mf Oxenham, A Willis, H-c Hung, R Page, H Matsumura --^ Implications Of Pathological Changes In Cremated Human Remains From Palawan, Philippines, For Island Southeast Asian Archaeology / M Lara, H Lewis, V Paz, W Ronquillo -- Bioarchaeology In The Pacific Islands: A Temporal And Geographical Examination Of Nutritional And Infectious Disease / H Buckley And Mf Oxenham -- Human Biology And Population Histories In The Pacific: Is There Such Thing As A Lapita People? / E A Matisoo-smith -- Socio-environmental Adaption To The Montane Rainforests Of New Guinea / T Denham -- Is There A Lapita Diet? A Comparison Of Lapita And Post-lapita Skeletal Samples From Four Pacific Island Archaeological Sites / Rl Kinaston, Sb Bedford, M Spriggs, D Anson, And H Buckley -- Dogs And People In Southeast Asia And The Pacific / K Greig, R Walter And L Matisoo-smith -- Scratching Out A Living: Chickens In Ancient Pacific Economies / Aa Storey -- Adapting To Palau / Gc Nelson, Jh Stone, Sm. Fitzpatrick --^ Under The Latte: Osteobiography And Social Context Of A Burial Assemblage At Tumon Bay, Guam / A Lw Stodder, Em Ryan, Rl Hunter-anderson, Mt Douglas, R Ikehara-quebral -- Diet And Subsistence In Remote Oceania: An Analysis Using Oral Indicators Of Diet / C Stantis, N Tayles, Rl. Kinaston, C Cameron, Pd. Nunn, Mp. Richards And Hr. Buckley -- Dental Calculus And Plant Diet In Oceania / M Tromp, Jv Dudgeon, Hr Buckley, E Matisoo-smith -- What Archaeologists Want Human Biologists To Tell Them, About Teouma For Example / M Spriggs -- The Ancestors Speak: Koiwi Tangata, Matauranga Maori And The Development Of Biological Anthropology In New Zealand / K Ruckstuhl, N Tayles, H Buckley, R Bradley, R Fyfe And M Ellison -- Meta-themes In The Bioarchaeology Of The Asia Pacific Region / Mf Oxenham And Hr Buckley. Edited By Marc Oxenham And Hallie Buckley. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In the last 10 years the bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia and of the early colonisers in the Pacific islands has seen enormous progress. This new and exciting research is synthesised, contextualised and expanded upon in The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The volume is divided into two bro