Agricultural Intensification and Prehistoric Health in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Volume 9
Chapter I. Introduction: The Research Problem and Methods
	The Research Problem
	The Research Method
Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Changes in the Subsistence and Settlement Systems
	The Rise of Sedentism
	The Rise of Agriculture
	Consequences of the Rise of Agriculture and Sedentism
	Sedentism and Health
	Subsistence and Health
Chapter 3. Studies of Health and Agriculture in Prehistoric Populations
	The Concept of Health
	Paleopathology Studies of Subsistence Change
	Methodological Issues
	Review of Paleopathology Studies
	Summary
Chapter 4. Archaeology of the Valley of Oaxaca
	Description of the Valley of Oaxaca
	The Chronology of the Prehispanic Valley of Oaxaca
	Archaeological Sites
		San Sebastian Abasolo
		Barrio del Rosario Huitzo
		Caballito Blanco
		Dainzu
		Fabrica San Jose
		Lambityeco (Yeguih)
		Brawbehl
		Mitla Fortress
		San Jose Mogote
		Monte Alban
		Tierras Largas
		Santo Domingo Tomaltepec
		Yagul
		Zaachila
		Summary
	The Agricultural Potential of the Valley of Oaxaca
	Temporal Trends in Subsistence
	Temporal Trends in Settlement Patterns and Population Size
	Social and Political Organization in the Valley of Oaxaca
		Social Organization
		Trade Networks and External Contact
Chapter 5. Materials and Methods: Hypotheses, Skeletal Health Markers, the Sample and Analytical Techniques
	Hypothesis I
	Hypothesis II
	Hypothesis III
	Hypothesis IV
	Skeletal Stress Markers
	Nonspecific Stress Markers
		Enamel Hypoplasia
		Periapical Abscesses
		Dental Calculus
		Periodontal Disease
		Hypercementosis
		Dental Caries
		Dental Attrition
	Specific Stress Markers
		Porotic Hyperostosis
		Periosteal Reactions
		Degenerative Joint Disease
		Additional Health Markers
	The Oaxaca Skeletal Samples
	Analytical Tests
Chapter 6. Results
	Enamel Hypoplasia
	Periapical Abscesses
	Dental Calculus
	Periodontal Disease
	Hypercementosis
	Summary of General Health Markers
	Statistical Power Analysis
	Analyses with Classic and Postclassic Groups Pooled
Chapter 7. Discussion and Conclusions
	Comparison of Skeletal Stress Marker Frequencies
	Periosteal Reactions
	Porotic Hyperostosis
	Enamel Hypoplasia
	Dental Caries
	Interpretation of the Oaxaca Stress Marker Frequencies
	Agriculture and Health
	Conclusions
References Cited
Appendices. Introduction
	Appendix 1: Burial List
	Appendix 2: Metrics
	Appendix 3: Dental Pathology
	Appendix 4: Skeletal Pathology