Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia [Hardcover]

Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia focuses uniquely on the physical remains of the prehistoric peoples of this region.Written for bioarchaeologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists, this is the first book to focus on the physical remains of the pre-historic inhabitants of Southeast Asia. Two major approaches to studying human skeletal remains are taken: firstly, an examination of the remains to perhaps discover where the people lived and how they got there in the past, and secondly the reconstruction of human health in the past, questioning whether, for example, people were healthy when they took up agriculture, and what impact past major migrations within the region had on health.Written for bioarchaeologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists, this is the first book to focus on the physical remains of the pre-historic inhabitants of Southeast Asia. Two major approaches to studying human skeletal remains are taken: firstly, an examination of the remains to perhaps discover where the people lived and how they got there in the past, and secondly the reconstruction of human health in the past, questioning whether, for example, people were healthy when they took up agriculture, and what impact past major migrations within the region had on health.Bringing together the most active researchers in late Pleistocene/Holocene Southeast Asian human osteology, this volume considers major approaches to studying human skeletal remains. Using analysis of the physical appearance of the region's past peoples, it explores issues such as the evidence for migratory patterns (particularly between Southeast and Northeast Asia) and counter arguments centering on in situ microevolutionary change. Written for archaeologists, bioarchaeologists and biological anthropologists, the book provides fascinating insight into the bioarchaeology of this important region.Preface; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Southeast Asian bioarchaeology: past and present Nancy Tayles and Marc Oxenham; 2. The popullCU