Bioarchaeological science
Subtitle: what we have learned from human skeletal remains
By: Elizabeth Weiss.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781608761098
Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology); Human biology; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Analysis; Bones -- Analysis; Human skeleton -- Analysis; Human ecology; Social ecology; Paleopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to bioarchaeology : history to present; title: Bone biology and human osteology : basics to understanding osteological research; title: Reconstructing activity patterns : making dead people move; title: Health and disease : understanding morbidity from the skeleton; title: Trauma : accidents, violence and surgery; title: Cultural modification : aesthetics of the past; title: Diet : foods of past populations; title: Biological relationships : who is related to whom; title: The future of bioarchaeology : where do we go from here; title: Appendix: Skeletal anatomy.