Health and the Experience of Childhood in late Neolithic Viet Nam
Oxenham, Marc; Matsumura, H; Domett, Kathryn M; Nguyen, Kim Thuy; Nguyen, Kim Dung; Nguyen, Lan Cuong; Huffer, Damien; Muller, Sarah
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The article aims to examine aspects of mortuary behavior in late Neolithic/early Bronze Age (Phung Nguyen phase) populations represented at the site of Man Bac in Viet Nam, specifically how mortuary behavior illuminates the role of children, and adult attitudes toward children. In addition, the authors discuss biological characteristics of the human sample, focusing particularly on the child burials, in order to explore aspects of childhood palaeohealth. The methodology includes combining...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Oxenham, Marc | |
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dc.contributor.author | Matsumura, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Domett, Kathryn M | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Kim Thuy | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Kim Dung | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Lan Cuong | |
dc.contributor.author | Huffer, Damien | |
dc.contributor.author | Muller, Sarah | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:23:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-08T22:23:45Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0066-8435 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32999 | |
dc.description.abstract | The article aims to examine aspects of mortuary behavior in late Neolithic/early Bronze Age (Phung Nguyen phase) populations represented at the site of Man Bac in Viet Nam, specifically how mortuary behavior illuminates the role of children, and adult attitudes toward children. In addition, the authors discuss biological characteristics of the human sample, focusing particularly on the child burials, in order to explore aspects of childhood palaeohealth. The methodology includes combining various measures of health-including palaeodemography (childhood mortality), analysis of oral health (Early Childhood Caries or ECC), and analysis of physiological health (Cribra Orbitalia and LEH)-with studies of culturally defined mortuary practices to suggest that, while children clearly had significant health deficiencies and many suffered early deaths, their treatment in mortuary rites shows significant economic value and social esteem placed on children. | |
dc.publisher | University of Hawaii Press | |
dc.source | Asian Perspectives | |
dc.subject | Keywords: archaeology; biological characteristics; Bronze Age; child health; child mortality; demography; economic growth; health monitoring; methodology; Neolithic; oral health; paleobiology; physiological response; sampling; social behavior; Asia; Eurasia; Southe Bioarchaeology; Childhood; Health; Mortuary behavior; Neolithic; Palaeodemography; Viet nam | |
dc.title | Health and the Experience of Childhood in late Neolithic Viet Nam | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 47 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 119999 - Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.absfor | 210103 - Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160102 - Biological (Physical) Anthropology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u8304786xPUB97 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Oxenham, Marc, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Matsumura, H, Sapporo Medical University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Domett, Kathryn M, James Cook University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nguyen, Kim Thuy, Institute of Archaeology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nguyen, Kim Dung, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nguyen, Lan Cuong, Institute of Archaeology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Huffer, Damien, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Muller, Sarah, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 190 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 209 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T11:40:18Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-67651214187 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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