Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 1-1 (May 2009)

Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains in the Netherlands: physical anthropological and stable isotope investigations

E. Smits, J. van der Plicht

Keywords: burial traditions, diethealthLower Rhine Basin, Mesolithic, Neolithic, demography, physical anthropology, stable isotopes.

Maps of sites discussed


Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Material and methods
3 Background: Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in the Lower Rhine basin (c. 5500-3500 cal BC)
3.1 Late Mesolithic sites
3.2 Middle Neolithic sites
4 Burial practices
4.1 Inhumation graves
4.2 Isolated scattered bones
5 Physical anthropology: demography and health
5.1 Sex and age profiles
5.2 Health
5.3 Stature
6 Stable isotope research: migration and diet
6.1 Migration
6.2 Diet (by J.van der Plicht)
7 Discussion and conclusions
7.1 Mortuary variability
7.2 Demography
7.3 Health
7.4 Migration
7.5 Diet
7.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Notes
References