Skeletal signs of activity in the Italian metal ages: Methodological and interpretative notes |
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| Authors: | J Robb |
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| Institution: | 1. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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| Abstract: | In recent years anthropologists have made much progress in understanding ancient activities from skeletal remains. In this
paper, material from the Iron Age cemetery at Pontecagnano (VII-IV century BC) is used to illustrate activity-related traits
of eight basic categories:
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idiosyncratic patterns of dental wear
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activity-related articular degeneration
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non-pathological functional alterations (neoformations, contact facets)
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mechanical remodelling of bone architecture
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enthesopathies (muscular lesions)
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traumatic lesions
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activity-related pathologies
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activity-related nutritional characteristics
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These traits, and others, can be used not only singly but in conjunction to define (a) patterns of activity and occupational
specialization for individuals, and (b) distributions within society reflecting the basic division of labor by geneder and
class. |
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| Keywords: | Skeletal Signs of Activity Pastorilism Iron Age Pontecagnano |
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