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Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India./
Author:	Robbins, Gwendolyn.
Description:	344 p.
Notes:	Adviser: John R. Lukacs.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-08A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Physical. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3276076
ISBN:	9780549165200

Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India.
Robbins, Gwendolyn.

Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India. - 344 p.

Adviser: John R. Lukacs.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.

This dissertation examines evidence for biodemography, settlement and subsistence strategies at three late Chalcolithic (1500-700 B.C.) sites in West-central India. Conflicting characterizations of the transition from the Early Jorwe (1500-1000 B.C.) to the Late Jorwe (1000-700 B.C.) can be found in analyses of the archaeological (Dhavalikar, 1984, 1988; Panja, 1996, 1999), archaeobotanical (Kajale, 1988), faunal (Pawankar, 1996; Thomas, 1988), and dental anthropological research (Lukacs and Walimbe, 1998, 2000, 2005). Competing models of the Late Jorwe at Inamgaon are evaluated in this dissertation using a new method for fertility-centered demography in subadult samples, long bone linear growth profiles, and an innovative approach to using long bone cross-section properties as a biocultural stress marker. This research demonstrates the potential importance of the proportion of perinatal individuals in estimating demographic characteristics using the subadult component of a skeletal sample. This dissertation also provides new insights into the role of nutritional stress in shaping long bone dimensions. In a comparison with individuals from the Denver Longitudinal Study (Ruff, 2003a, 2003b, 2005), stressed individuals from the Deccan Chalcolithic demonstrated the sensitivity of the periosteal surface to growth suppression, reduced cortical bone thickness, bone mass, medio-lateral diameter, and torsional bending strength. The results suggest no significant differences in maternal-fetal stress levels during the Early and Late Jorwe, with gestating females able to avoid high rates of small size for gestational age and premature birth. However there were significant differences in the growth profiles of infants and children for the Early and Late Jorwe at Inamgaon. The Late Jorwe is interpreted in this analysis as a period of lower life expectancy at birth, increased infant mortality, shifts in infant feeding practices toward extending the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, and increased biocultural stress levels for children. The results support a modified version of the subsistence transition hypothesis in which the Late Jorwe represented a period of demographic collapse and high subadult stress levels.

ISBN: 9780549165200Subjects--Topical Terms:

877524
Anthropology, Physical.

Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India.
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