SESSION 21
Indo-Pacific Bioarchaeology: Death, Disease, Demography and Diet
1Department of Anatomy, University of Otago
2School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
This session explores the latest advances in bioarchaeological research in the Indo-Pacific region. Bioarchaeology has a long history in this part of the world and, with the advancement of methodologies over the past several decades, so too has Indo-Pacific bioarchaeology evolved to provide new insights into past human narratives. The time depth of human and human-ancestor activity in parts of the region has been extended in recent years, attracting global attention. Taking into consideration the insights of new methodologies and revised temporal depth of human lineages, activities, and diseases in the region, the emerging image is one of great complexity in social, biological, and demographic responses through time and space, alluding to the stochastic nature of human populations and processes. This session reports on research from a range of facets of bioarchaeology, such as palaeopathology, osteobiographies, mortuary archaeology, isotopic and genetic studies, palaeoepidemiology, and palaeodemography, and spans high resolution case studies to more regional patterns in human narratives. Inferential frameworks, including cutting edge developments in theory and epistemology, and the application of new methodologies particularly in a multidisciplinary framework will be showcased. Further, this session will situate Indo-Pacific bioarchaeology within global bioarchaeological research, highlighting its contributions to the discipline more broadly.
BLOCK 1
S21-1
Living in the Dry Zone: Stable Isotope Insights Into Palaeodiet in Ancient Myanmar
Anna Willis et al.
S21-5
Early Lives of Ancient Children from the Indo-Pacific Revealed by Tooth Chemistry and Development
Tanya M. Smith et al.
BLOCK 2
S21-7
Constructions of Identity in Death: Insights from Metal Period Napa, Philippines
Marc Oxenham et al.
S21-8
Veena Mushrif-Tripathy
S21-9
Human Diet Based on Macro Observations on Occlusal Human Removable Teeth in the Paleometallic Period in Leang Codong, Soppeng Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muh Hafdal et al.
S21-10
Systemic Physiological Stress at Chelechol ra Orrak, Palau: Linear Enamel Hypoplasia and Porotic Hyperostosis
Greg C. Nelson & Scott M. Fitzpatrick
S21-12
Historiography of Philippine Bioarchaeology: Current and Future Directions
Sarah Agatha Villaluz et al.
BLOCK 3
S21-13
Craniofacial Width in Children From Neolithic Vietnam: Relationship to Thalassaemia?
Trần Thị Minh et al.
S21-16
Tooth Ablation Evidence From Takengon, Central Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Delta Bayu Murti et al.