The archaeology of human bones
By: Simon Mays.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415480901; 9780415480918
Subjects: Anthropometry; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Methodology; Paleopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of bones and teeth; title: The nature of an archaeological human bone assemblage; title: The determination of age and sex; title: Metric variation in the skull; title: Metric variation in the post-cranial skeleton; title: Non-metric variation; title: Bone disease; title: Dental disease; title: Traces of injury on the skeleton; title: Stable isotope analysis; title: The study of DNA from skeletal remains; title: Cremated bone; title: Ethics and human remains.