A Preliminary Study on the Archeology of Disease Treatment: Xinjiang Bronze Age to Early Iron Age
by Relax
About This Novel
Disease archeology is a discipline that uses paleopathological methods to scientifically identify diseases and trauma manifested in human remains, and uses documentary materials, images and unearthed relics to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the social relationships, livelihood patterns and cultural customs of relevant groups of people. This article comprehensively analyzes human bone materials from 38 published cemeteries and sites of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Xinjiang, which are divided into three units: the Altai Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains, and the Kunlun Mountains according to the geographical concept. Combining the natural environment and historical background, it studies trauma, dental diseases, congenital malformations, tumors, joint diseases, respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, metabolic and endocrine diseases, as well as skull deformation, drilling, skull trepanation and other phenomena, objectively reflecting the human-land relationship and ethnic conflicts in Xinjiang during this period.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
