Behavior and Status in a Middle Woodland Mortuary Population from the Illinois Valley

1 April 1980

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity

Vol. 45 (2) , 308-313
https://doi.org/10.2307/279291

Abstract

One shortcoming of the archaeological study of prehistoric societies is a failure to pursue the behavioral correlates of social distinctions. This paper shows, through a study of Middle Woodland mortuary populations, that analysis of degenerative joint disease is a productive approach to investigating status-linked behavior in archaeological populations.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANATOMIC CHANGES IN KNEE JOINT WITH ADVANCING AGE AND DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS
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