Bioarchaeology of East Asia Movement, Contact, Health |
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| Editor:
| Pechenkina, Kate
Oxenham, Marc |
| Series title: | Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-4501-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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Interprets human skeletal collections from a region where millets, rice, and several other important cereals were cultivated, leading to attendant forms of agricultural development that were accompanied by significant technological innovations. The contributors follow the diffusion of these advanced ideas to other parts of Asia, and unravel a maze of population movements. In addition, they explore the biological implications of relatively rare subsistence strategies more or less unique...
More DescriptionInterprets human skeletal collections from a region where millets, rice, and several other important cereals were cultivated, leading to attendant forms of agricultural development that were accompanied by significant technological innovations. The contributors follow the diffusion of these advanced ideas to other parts of Asia, and unravel a maze of population movements. In addition, they explore the biological implications of relatively rare subsistence strategies more or less unique to East Asia: millet agriculture, mobile pastoralism with limited cereal farming, and rice farming combined with reliance on marine resources.