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050			_aGN 1 _bA44 1982 v. 57 pt. 3
110			_aThe American Museum of Natural History
245			_aThe anthropology of St. Catherines island 3. Prehistoric Human Biological Adaptation : _bAnthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History / _cThe American Museum of Natural History
250			_aVolume 57, Part 3.
260			_aNew York : _bAmerican Museum of Natural History, _c1982.
300			_a270 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c27 cm.
490			_vVolume 57, Part 3.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aIntroduction _rThomas, David Hurst
505			_aChapter 1: The archaeology of the Georgia coast
505			_aChapter 2: Materials
505			_aChapter 3: Research objectives and methods
505			_aChapter 4: Pathology trends
505			_aChapter 5: Skeletal and dental size trends
505			_aChapter 6: Conclusions
505			_aLiterature cited
520			_a"Skeletal remains from the prehistoric coast of Georgia are the basis for this study. The effects of agriculture on the human skeleton are examined and explained in the present paper. The region was chosen because (1) there is a large skeletal series representative of both an early preagricultural adapatation (2200 B.C.-A.D. 1150) and a later mixed agricultural and hunting-gathering adaptation (A.D. 1150-A.D. 1550); (2) the Georgia coast represents continuous in situ cultural development from at least 2200 B.C. to A.D. 1550, implying human biological continuity for at least 3500 years prior to European contact; and (3) the economic regime for the Georgia coast has been documented by a large body of archaeological and ethnohistoric data. A series of skeletal and dental changes are viewed in light of an adaptational model encompassing disease and size of the hard tissues - skeletal and dental - and their respective responses to the behavioral shift from a hunting and gathering lifeway to one that incorporated corn agriculture after A.D. 1150. The model consists of two parts. First, with the introduction of an agriculture-based diet and consequent increase in population size and density, the pathology reflecting a general rise in occurrence of infectious disease due to an expansion in population size and a high dietary carbohydrate base should increase. Second, with the adoption of corn as a major dietary constituent, the softer foodstuffs and more sedentary lifeway associated with that adaptation should result in a respective decrease in functional demand on the masticatory complex in particular and on the body in general. In addition, the element of poor nutrition should come into play in an economy in which plant domesticates, and corn in particular, are the focus of diet. The comparison and analysis of the pathology and metric data support the model. In addition, the detailed examination of these data by sex suggests that the behavioral alterations that occurred consequent to the change in lifeway differentially affected females"
546			_aIn English.
650			_aAnthropology _vPeriodicals.
700			_aLarsen, Clark Spencer
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