Enamel hypoplasia in Northeast China: Evidence from Houtaomuga

摘要

The importance of the study of archaeological sites outside the Yangtze and Yellow River Valleys has been increasingly recognized as these peoples also played important roles in the formation of Chinese civilization. In Northeast China the boundary between sedentary agriculturists and nomadic pastoralists has fluctuated over the vast Dongbei Plain (Northeast Plain) providing opportunities to explore relationships between stress exposure, subsistence, and cultural complexity.