Bioarchaeological insights into disability: skeletal dysplasia from the Iron Age northern China

• Main Authors: Zhou, Yawei, Lu, Yiping, He, Jianing, Li, Ziyi, Zhang, Xiangyu, Zhang, Qun, Yeh, Hui-Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Disability; Dwarfism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159724
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Skeletal dysplasia is mainly caused by genetic mutations or endocrine abnormality. In this study, a case of disproportionate dwarfism from the Iron Age Beishenjiaqiao cemetery in Xi'an, China is analyzed from the perspective of bioarchaeology. The individual shows disproportionately short statu...