Violent death and the formation of social structure: Skeletal evidence of violence from the Qijia culture (2,300-1,400BCE), Gansu Provence, China

Jenna M. Dittmar; Hui-Yuan Yeh; Elizabeth S. Berger; Jennifer Austen; Xiaoya Zhan; Mauricio Hernandez; null Mao Ruilin; Wang Hui; Piers D. Mitchell

Violent death and the formation of social structure: Skeletal evidence of violence from the Qijia culture (2,300-1,400BCE), Gansu Provence, China

Jenna M. Dittmar, Hui-Yuan Yeh, Elizabeth S. Berger, Jennifer Austen, Xiaoya Zhan, Mauricio Hernandez, Mao Ruilin, Wang Hui, Piers D. Mitchell

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This research examines violence as an essential mechanism for the construction of power structures in early complex societies by examining evidence of violent trauma on human skeletal remains from Bronze Age China. An osteological assessment was conducted on 341 individuals (n=213 adults, n=127 juveniles) from the Qijia Culture that were excavated from the Mogou site, Lintan County, Gansu. The pattern of injuries was recorded on each individual to assess if violence changed over the duration of occupation at Mogou.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-69
Number of pages	1
Journal	American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Volume	165
Issue number	S66
Early online date	17 Apr 2018
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018
Event	87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) - Austin Duration: 11 Apr 2018 → 14 Apr 2018

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Funding has been obtained from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2013BAK08B02) and the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University

Program of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists

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Dittmar, J. M., Yeh, H.-Y., Berger, E. S., Austen, J., Zhan, X., Hernandez, M., Mao Ruilin, Hui, W., & Mitchell, P. D. (2018). Violent death and the formation of social structure: Skeletal evidence of violence from the Qijia culture (2,300-1,400BCE), Gansu Provence, China. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(S66), 69-69. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10968644/2018/165/S66

Dittmar, JM, Yeh, H-Y, Berger, ES, Austen, J, Zhan, X, Hernandez, M, Mao Ruilin, Hui, W & Mitchell, PD 2018, 'Violent death and the formation of social structure: Skeletal evidence of violence from the Qijia culture (2,300-1,400BCE), Gansu Provence, China', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 165, no. S66, pp. 69-69. <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10968644/2018/165/S66>

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Violent death and the formation of social structure: Skeletal evidence of violence from the Qijia culture (2,300-1,400BCE), Gansu Provence, China

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