Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Porotic Hyperostosis, Harris Lines, Enamel Hypoplasia
18 Jul 2012
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Must be compared to same stages of life. Growth rate slower because the nutrition wasn"t as good. Suggests adoption of agriculture was not to improve nutrition, more to increase mass of what you are producing: focusing on specific foods, less wholesome diet, stature/height. Elite are taller on average than the commoners, better: pathologies access to better food. Under dietary stress has an effect on your bones. As you grow, you can undergo different stresses (not enough food, nutritious food, etc. ) Adult bones maintain record of stresses from when they were younger. Greater need for red blood cells to form this; response to anemia (iron deficiency) Occurs in populations whose diets are iron poor. High frequency in populations that are heavily reliant on maize: need fish, meat, etc. to make up for heavy. Interruptions in growth of long bones reliance on maize. Stop in growth because of poor nutrition/nutritional stress.
