LEADER 03369nam 2200457 i 4500001 on1397376902 003 OCoLC 005 20230915023659.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 230915s2023 ncu obm 000 0 eng d 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE 035 (OCoLC)1397376902 049 EREE 100 1 Cone, Bridget, |eauthor. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Bioarchaeology of Urban versus Rural Historic North Carolina Family Cemeteries. 264 1 [Greenville, N.C.] : |b[East Carolina University], |c2023. 300 144 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |bPDF |c1.853 MB |2rda 538 System requirements: Adobe Reader. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d2023. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 3 The urban U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries often is characterized by poor childhood health due to high population density, poor sanitary conditions, and high levels of pollution. While bioarcheological investigations have identified poor nutrition and high activity levels of enslaved populations in the Southeastern U.S., the impact of urban environments in this predominantly agricultural, non-industrialized region remains relatively understudied. This investigation focuses on how endogenous and exogenous factors impacted subadult morbidity and mortality patterns of two families from the urban and rural southeastern U.S. during the 18th and 19th centuries. Skeletal and dental lesions associated with disease and malnutrition were documented in a minimum of 13 commingled subadults from the Rhem family vault, located in New Bern, North Carolina. These variables were compared to a contemporary sample of 4 subadults from the Foscue burial vault, built by a land-owning family in rural eastern North Carolina, to identify rural and urban health differences. Greater evidence of pathologies was visible in the Rhem infants and children compared to the lack of stressors in the Foscue neonates. These patterns may reflect the impact of weaning stressors and deleterious urban conditions on the health of the Rhem subadults, which their high status failed to buffer. In contrast, the Foscue neonates were more susceptible to childbirth complications and demonstrated no significant pathologies possibly due to buffering via maternal passive immunity. This evidence highlights the complexity of urban and rural health and the significance of intrauterine and early childhood environments on subsequent health outcomes. 653 metabolic disease 653 mortality 653 industrial 653 endogenous 653 exogenous 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of Anthropology. |?UNAUTHORIZED 856 40 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/13134 949 Click on web address |wASIS |hJOYNER101 949 Click on web address |wASIS |hHSL111 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 6234559