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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Joseph A. Tainter
Joseph A. Tainter*
Affiliation:
Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM 87112
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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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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 308 - 313
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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