Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia

Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia focuses uniquely on the physical remains of the prehistoric peoples of this region.

Marc Oxenham (Edited by), Nancy Tayles (Edited by)

9780521825801, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 April 2006

378 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg

Review of the hardback: 'This is a key volume for all researchers in Southeast Asian archaeology physical anthropology. It also provides an extremely useful collection of papers for physical anthropologists, osteologists, and archaeologists working with human remains and funerary contexts in all regions of the world. By demonstrating the contribution bioarchaeology can make to wider regional debates in global prehistory, this volume should be an inspiration to those working in other regions to view individual sit-specific data within the bigger picture.' Archaeological Review from Cambridge

When it was published in 1996 Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia was the first book to examine the biology and lives of the prehistoric people of this region. Bringing together the most active researchers in late Pleistocene/Holocene Southeast Asian human osteology, the book deals with major approaches to studying human skeletal remains. Using analysis of the physical appearance of the region's past peoples, the first section explores issues such as the first inhabitants of the region, the evidence for subsequent migratory patterns (particularly between Southeast and Northeast Asia) and counter arguments centering on in situ microevolutionary change. This second section reconstructs the health of these people, in the context of major economic and demographic changes over time, including those caused by the adoption or intensification of agriculture. Written for archaeologists, bioarchaeologists and biological anthropologists, it is a 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 population history of Southeast Asia viewed from morphometric analyses of human skeletal and dental remains Hirofumi Matsumura
3. A multivariate craniometric study of the prehistoric and modern inhabitants of Southeast Asia, East Asia and surrounding regions: a human kaleidoscope? Michael Pietrusewsky
4. Interpretation of craniofacial variation and diversification of East and Southeast Asians Tsunehiko Hanihara
5. New perspectives on the human peopling of Southeast and East Asia during the late upper Pleistocene Fabrice Demeter
6. Human variation and evolution in Holocene Peninsular Malaysia David Bulbeck and Adam Lauer
7. Batak dentition, Palawan Island, Philippines: Southeast Asian Negrito origins Christy G. Turner II and James F. Eder
8. Non Nok Tha people: an assessment of dental pathological conditions Michele Toomay Douglas
9. Human biology from the bronze age to the iron age in the Mun River Valley of Northeast Thailand Kate Domett and Nancy Tayles
10. Paleodietary change among pre-state metal-age societies in Northeast Thailand: a study using bone stable isotopes Christopher King and Lynette Norr
11. The oral health consequences of the adoption and intensification of agriculture in Southeast Asia Marc Oxenham, Nguyen Lan Cuong and Nguyen Kim Thuy
12. Cranial lesions on the late Pleistocene Indonesian Homo erectus Ngandong 7 Etty Indriati
13. 'The predators within': investigating the relationship between malaria and health in the prehistoric Pacific Islands Hallie Buckley
14. Conclusions: synthesising Southeast Asian population history and paleohealth Marc Oxenham and Nancy Tayles.

Subject Areas: Human biology [PSX], Physical anthropology [JHMP], Archaeology [HD]