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Changes in osteoarthritis associated with the development of a maritime economy among southern California Indians
P. L. Walker,S. E. Hollimon +1 more
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Data show that the rate at which people developed osteoarthritis increased through time, which suggests that the adaptive shift toward more intensive exploitation of the marine environment resulted in an increase in the time people spent in strenuous physical activity.Abstract:
The severity of osteoarthritis was studied in human skeletal remains from archaeological sites in the Santa Barbara Channel area of southern California. These remains were analyzed to better understand changes in activity patterns associated with the economic shift from hunting and gathering to intensive fishing and craft specialization that occurred in this area. The joints of 967 burials from seven archaeological sites occupied between 3500 B.C. and the time of European contact were scored for osteoarthritis. These data show that the rate at which people developed osteoarthritis increased through time. This suggests that the adaptive shift toward more intensive exploitation of the marine environment resulted in an increase in the time people spent in strenuous physical activity. The increase in osteoarthritis affected males to a greater extent than females. One interpretation of this is that the work load of men increased with the economic importance of fishing.read more
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Osteoarthritis revisited: a contemporary review of aetiology
Elizabeth Weiss,Robert Jurmain +1 more
TL;DR: An updated review of skeletal perspectives on osteoarthritis expands and supports conclusions discussed in the earlier review and suggests that sex differences may often be a consequence of hormones, body size and anatomy, rather than activity related.
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On the Interpretation of Health From Skeletal Remains
TL;DR: The basis for the study of the thickening observed in certain Pleistocene crania is the analysis of the tournaisian thickening, a feature of Homo sapiens that has been observed in recent times in Europe.
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Bioarchaeology's Holy Grail: The Reconstruction of Activity
TL;DR: Most contributors to this volume focus on pathological conditions as identified in human remains, and some of the bone changes seen in osteoarthritis that have routinely been used to reconstruct activity are also sometimes pathological.
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Prehistoric Arthritis in the Americas
TL;DR: Osteoarthritis in prehistoric Amerindians and on what may be inferred from its prevalence about differences in the level and type of activities in these groups are focused on.
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Physical anthropological evidence for the evolution of social complexity in coastal Southern California
TL;DR: In this paper, osteological data was used to evaluate theories about the rise of chiefdoms in southern California, and they examined skeletal evidence for changes in diet, disease and violence in Santa Barbara Channel area populations.
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