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Health And Disease On Hiwassee Island: A Study Of Late-Mississippian Human Remains, Cassandra Pardo
Health And Disease On Hiwassee Island: A Study Of Late-Mississippian Human Remains, Cassandra Pardo
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The intensive agricultural subsistence strategy of late pre-Columbian populations of North America has long been associated with chronic nutritional and disease stress as a consequence of episodic or recurring agricultural shortfall and the compromised community health of aggregate village settlement. Social stratification, defined archaeologically by burial location and grave goods, is thought to be a primary force in shaping different health patterns within these communities.
This study is a bioarchaeological review of the Dallas phase (AD1300-1550) skeletal collection from Hiwassee Island in east Tennessee. The purpose is to gain an understanding of community health and to explore status-related differences in …