Hvad ved vi om harappan society?
Det står klart, at Harappan-samfundet ikke var helt fredeligt, idet de menneskelige skeletrester viser nogle af de højeste antal skader (15,5 %), der er fundet i den sydasiatiske forhistorie. Palæopatologisk analyse viste, at spedalskhed og tuberkulose var til stede i Harappa, med den højeste forekomst af både sygdom og traumer hos skeletterne fra område G (et benhus beliggende sydøst for bymurene). Desuden steg antallet af kranio-faciale traumer og infektioner gennem tiden, hvilket viser, at civilisationen brød sammen på grund af sygdom og skader. De bioarkæologer, der undersøgte resterne, har foreslået, at de kombinerede beviser for forskelle i ligbehandling og epidemiologi tyder på, at nogle individer og samfund i Harappa var udelukket fra adgang til grundlæggende ressourcer som sundhed og sikkerhed, et grundlæggende træk ved hierarkiske samfund verden over.
What is clear is that Harappan society was not entirely peaceful, with the human skeletal remains demonstrating some of the highest rates of injury (15.5%) found in South Asian prehistory. Paleopathological analysis demonstrated that leprosy and tuberculosis were present at Harappa, with the highest prevalence of both disease and trauma present in the skeletons from Area G (an ossuary located south-east of the city walls). Furthermore, rates of cranio-facial trauma and infection increased through time demonstrating that the civilization collapsed amid illness and injury. The bioarchaeologists who examined the remains have suggested that the combined evidence for differences in mortuary treatment and epidemiology indicate that some individuals and communities at Harappa were excluded from access to basic resources like health and safety, a basic feature of hierarchical societies world-wide.
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