Osteoarchaeology, Biological Anthropology

ISBN: 9780521885911
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between the body, environment and society. Reflecting upon these developments, this book examines the role of the body in human identification, in the forging ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716480
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume presents eleven specialised and technical papers, plus an introduction, on the zooarchaeology of pre-Hispanic South America. Specially commissioned from young zooarchaeologists, the essays discuss: the diet of Patagonian hunter-gath... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718538
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume of nine papers is derived from two sessions focusing on current research in British zooarchaeology; the first of which took place in October 2003, at the meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group in Lampeter, entitled 'Just Skin ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841719719
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume is based on papers submitted to the session Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration organized for the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, held at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, Se... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199240166
Published by : Oxford University Press
An English translation of the surviving Greek text (Book I to the first part of Book IX) of De anatomicis administrationibus , a practical work describing dissection and physiological experiment. The introduction discusses medicine in Rome duri... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407304564
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study analyses evidence for pathological changes seen in the skeletal remains of early medieval populations from two countires - Britain and Germany. A total of 928 individual skeletons dated between the mid-fifth and early eighth centurie... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780943414966
Published by : Missouri Archaeological Society
Series: EV-BIOL
This manual is directed specifically to workers in the field, presenting the necessary information for the identification and analysis of the bones of the human skeleton. It gives a basic anatomy of the bones, major anatomical landmarks, criter... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674383319
Published by : Harvard University Press
`This voyage to the beginnings of the physician's art brings to life the civilizations of the ancient world - Greece at the time of Hippocrates, Rome under the Caesars, the Egypt of the Pharaohs, the India of Ashoka, and China as Mencius knew i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780873659505
Published by : Harvard University Press
The aim of this guide was to promote and standardize the taking of measurements of animal bones recovered from prehistoric and early historic sites. The fourth updated reprint (1995) has shown its continuing relevance. .... Learn More