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Author: M. Cox Phd. (Editor), S. Mays Phd. (Editor), Margaret Cox, Simon Mays
Edition: Paperback (January 2001) (300 pages)
ISBN: 1841100463
Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media
Price: N/A
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The book begins with a historical overview of osteological research in Britain. The main part of the book is organized into six sections: juvenile health, growth and development; paleodemography; disease in the past; human variation; assaults on the skeleton; and microscopic, biochemical and analytical approaches.
1 Studies on Skeletal and Dental Variation: a view across two centuries. Section 1: Juvenile Health, Growth and Development. 2 Development and ageing of the Juvenile Skeleton. 3 Growth Studies of Past Populations: an overview and an example. 4 Non-Adult Palaeopathology: current status and future potential. Section 2: Palaeodemography. 5 Ageing Adults form the Skeleton. 6 Ageing from the Dentition. 7 Problems and Prospects in Palaeodemography. 8 Sex Determination in Skeletal Remains. 9 Assessment of Parturition. Section 3: Disease in the Past. 10 Infectious Disease in Biocultural Perspective: past, present and future work in Britain. 11 The Palaeopathology of Joint Disease. 12 The Diagnosis of Metabolic Bone Disease in Archaeological Bone. 13 Congenital Conditions and Neoplastic Disease. 14 Dental Health in British Antiquity. 15 Chemical Methods in Palaeopathology. 16 An Introduction to Histopalaeopathology. Section 4: Human Variation. 17 Biodistance Studies Using Craniometric Variation in British Archaeological Skeletal Material. 18 Skeletal Non-Metric Traits and the Assessment of Inter- and Intrapopulation Deversity: past problems and future potential.19 Skeletal Indicators of Handedness. 20 Forensic and Archaeological Reconstruction of the Human Face Upon The Skull. Section 5: Assaults on the Skeleton. 21 Trauma in Biocultural Perspective: past, present and future work in Britain. 22 Evidence for Weapon-Related Trauma in British Archaeological Samples. 23 Bone Adaptation and its Relationship to Physical Activity in the Past. 24 The Analysis of Cremated Bone / Section 6: Microscopic, Biochemical and Analytical Approaches. 25 New Directions in the Analysis of Stable Isotopes in Excavated Bones and Teeth. 26 The Chemical Degradation of Bone. 27 Ancient DNA Applications in Human Osteoarchaeology: achievements, problems and potential. 28 Analysing Human Skeletal Data. 29 Forensic Osteology in the United Kingdom
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