Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational specialization of the Late Shang China - insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 - 1046 B.C.)

Hua Zhang; Deborah C. Merrett; Zhichun Jing; Jigen Tang; Yuling He; Hongbin Yue; Zhanwei Yue; Dongya Y. Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176329

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Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational specialization of the Late Shang China - insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 - 1046 B.C.)

Hua Zhang ,

* E-mail: zhangh@sfu.ca (HZ); donyang@sfu.ca (DY); jingzh@interchange.ubc.ca (ZJ)

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, SFU-JLU Joint Centre for Bioarchaeological Research, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Deborah C. Merrett,

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, SFU-JLU Joint Centre for Bioarchaeological Research, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Zhichun Jing ,

* E-mail: zhangh@sfu.ca (HZ); donyang@sfu.ca (DY); jingzh@interchange.ubc.ca (ZJ)

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Jigen Tang,

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yuling He,

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hongbin Yue,

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhanwei Yue,

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dongya Y. Yang

* E-mail: zhangh@sfu.ca (HZ); donyang@sfu.ca (DY); jingzh@interchange.ubc.ca (ZJ)

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, SFU-JLU Joint Centre for Bioarchaeological Research, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational specialization of the Late Shang China - insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 - 1046 B.C.)

Hua Zhang,
Deborah C. Merrett,
Zhichun Jing,
Jigen Tang,
Yuling He,
Hongbin Yue,
Zhanwei Yue,
Dongya Y. Yang

Published: May 2, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176329

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