Biological Sciences
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A Companion to Forensic Anthropology [Hardback]
Dennis Dirkmaat (Author)
£110.00ISBN: 9781405191234
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
In this new companion a wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of forensic anthropology. The book shows how forensic professionals construct human skeletal biological profiles and explores important ... .... Learn More -
Social Zooarchaeology: Humans and Animals in Prehistory [Hardback]
Nerissa Russell (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780521767378
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role o... .... Learn More -
Social Zooarchaeology: Humans and Animals in Prehistory [Paperback]
Nerissa Russell (Author)
£33.00ISBN: 9780521143110
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role o... .... Learn More -
Diseases of the Imagination and Imaginary Disease in the Early Modern Period [Hardback]
Y Haskell (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9782503527963
Published by : Brepols
Series: EARLY EUROPEAN RESEARCH
Volume: 2
The early modern period was arguably the greatest age of the imagination in Europe, and certainly the period in which the powers attributed to that faculty had the greatest consequences both in theory and in ordinary peoples lives. Theologians and... .... Learn More -
A Bouquet of Archaeozoological Studies: Essays in honour of Wietske Prummel [Paperback]
D. C. M. Raemaekers (Editor); E. Esser (Editor); Roel C. G. M. Lauwerier (Editor); J. T. Zeiler (Editor)
£24.00ISBN: 9789491431159
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Groningen Archaeological Studies
Volume: 21
This volume comprises papers presented to Wietske Prummel on the occasion of her retirement from the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (University of Groningen) in 2012. The contributions cover a wide range of topics from all rea... .... Learn More -
Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt [Hardback]
Philippa Lang (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9789004218581
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Examin... .... Learn More -
'He being dead yet speaketh': Excavations at three post-medieval burial grounds in Tower Hamlets, east London, 2004-10 [Hardback]
Robin Brown (Author); Michael Henderson (Author); Adrian Miles (Author); Don Walker (Author); Brian Connell (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781907586156
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 64
The latest in a series on post-medieval burial produced by MOLA, this volume reports on three non-Church of England burial grounds in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, excavated between 2004 and 2010. It looks at over 1350 burials of Baptist... .... Learn More -
Insects in the City: An Archaeoentomological Perspective on London's Past [Paperback]
David Smith (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781407309866
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Through a case study of the results from London, this book provides an introduction to, and survey of the discipline of archaeoentomology. Alongside a chronological analysis of the evidence from insect remains which has been uncov... .... Learn More -
Disease in London, 1st-19th centuries: An illustrated guide to diagnosis [Hardback]
Don Walker (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781907586101
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 56
This book is designed to appeal to students and practitioners of osteology and palaeopathology, medical historians and forensic archaeologists; it can be used as a reference guide in the field and the laboratory. Human health affects all aspect... .... Learn More -
A Bioarchaeological Study of Medieval Burials on the site of St Mary Spital [Hardback]
Brian Connell (Author); Amy Gray Jones (Author); Rebecca Redfern (Author); Don Walker (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781907586118
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 60
Major excavations on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital uncovered the remains of over 10,500 human skeletons. Unprecedented accuracy of dating and phasing of the cemetery was achieved using a targeted programme of... .... Learn More

