Health and agricultural intensification in the prehistoric valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8315674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise C Hodges (UConn Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-332 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330730305 |
| PMID | 3303959 |
| OpenAlex | W2060415024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 18 |
The effects of agricultural intensification on health are examined in prehistoric populations of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Agriculture was practiced in the Valley of Oaxaca by the beginning of the Early Formative period (ca. 1400 B.C.), and had intensified by the Late Formative (ca. 500 B.C.). Skeletal remains from 14 archaeological sites in the Valley are pooled by temporal affiliation into a nonintensive agriculture group (1400–500 B.C.) and an intensive agriculture group (500 B.C.–1400 A.D.). The health effects of agricultural intensification are assessed by comparing the frequency of periosteal reactions, cribra orbitalia, and enamel hypoplasia between the intensive and nonintensive agricultural groups. Overall, no significant differences (alpha = 0.05) are found between the nonintensive and intensive groups. Power analyses of the chi‐square tests indicate that the tests have a high probability of rejecting a false null hypothesis. The intensification of agriculture does not appear to have had a deleterious effect on the health of the prehistoric population of the Valley. The differences between this study and previous studies of health and agricultural development may be explained by differences between the processes of intensification and development or by differences between primary and secondary centers of agricultural development
Agriculture · Archaeology · Enamel hypoplasia · Enamel paint · Geography · Paleopathology · Population · Prehistory · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
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Part Two
| Unique citing works | 40 |
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| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |