Rose J C, Armelagos G J, Lallo J W
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1978 Nov;49(4):511-6. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330490411.
Although previous paleopathological studies have used disturbances in enamel formation as indicators of childhood stress, the full potential of this technique has not been realized. This paper presents a test case which demonstrates that the frequency of disturbed enamel formation (i.e., Wilson bands) is associated with other stress indicators (i.e., probability of dying and infectious lesions) in three prehistoric skeletal samples representing the Middle Woodland (10.3%), Mississippian Acculturated Late Woodland (21.4%), and the Middle Mississippian (40.0%). Additionally, the mean ages at death of individuals with at least one Wilson band are lower than those without bands. These results suggest that Wilson bands are an indicator of the relative proportion of individuals who are high susceptibles in prehistoric populations. The data also corroborate the hypothesis that the adoption of maize agriculture in the prehistoric American Midwest is associated with increased stress.
尽管先前的古病理学研究已将牙釉质形成紊乱用作童年压力的指标，但该技术的全部潜力尚未得到充分发挥。本文介绍了一个测试案例，该案例表明，在代表中世纪林地时期（10.3%）、密西西比文化同化晚期林地时期（21.4%）和中世纪密西西比时期（40.0%）的三个史前骨骼样本中，牙釉质形成紊乱（即威尔逊带）的频率与其他压力指标（即死亡概率和感染性病变）相关。此外，至少有一条威尔逊带的个体的平均死亡年龄低于没有威尔逊带的个体。这些结果表明，威尔逊带是史前人群中高易感性个体相对比例的一个指标。这些数据也证实了这样一个假设，即史前美国中西部地区采用玉米农业与压力增加有关。
