Could anyone suggest bibliographic references for paleopathology of pre colonial (amerindian) populations in the amazonian region?
Dear Colleague,
Thank you for this most interesting question ! I was Chair of Anatomy (including Physical Anthropology) at the University of Suriname some 35 years ago. We did perform some initial excavations with the research team, led by our successor Dr. M. R. Khudabux who defended his PhD thesis on this topic in 1991. His promoters were Anthony Huson and George Maat, Professors of Anatomy at the University of Leiden. Khudabux's thesis, entitled "Effects of life conditions on the health of a negro slave community in Suriname with references to similar aspects in local pre-Columbian Amerindians" also appeared as a regular book. I shall try to copy his reference-list and mail this to you, later today.
Hopefully that may help you further. There is an essential part of paleopathology in it.
With kind greetings,
Koos Jaap van Zwieten
Dear Colleague,
These pages of references I shall scan later today, and then mail them to you.
Khudabux's last Chapter ( > 12 pages) on paleopathology of his pre-Columbian (amerindian) population excavation collection is too long for me to scan-and-to-mail.
If you mention the postal adress at your workplace, I 'll try to send this Chapter by post, if that is O.K. to you ?
By the way, his book (chapter) that I referred to, is : Khudabux, Mohammed R. 1999. Effects of Life Conditions on the Health of a Negro Slave Community in Suriname. In : J.B. Haviser (ed.) African Sites Archaeology in the Caribbean. pp.291-312. Princeton / Kingston: Marcus Wiener / Ian Randle. I do not know, however, if there is still much pre-colonial paleopathological material in it.
Looking forward to your reply, and with kind regards,
Koos Jaap van Zwieten
Dear Koos,
I'll send you my address via message to your profile here. Thank you very much!
Claudia
I'm sure you know that Anna C. Roosevelt has done Amazonian
archeology, but I do not see anything about paleopathology in her
writings. Perhaps contacting her would be the best way to find this
information.
Yes, I know her work but it seems paleopathology is not one of her interests.
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