Biological Sciences
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Sociable Knowledge: Natural History and the Nation in Early Modern Britain [Hardback]
Elizabeth Yale (Author)
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ISBN: 9780812247817
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
Working with the technologies of pen and paper, scissors and glue, naturalists in early modern England, Scotland, and Wales wrote, revised, and recombined their words, sometimes over a period of many years, before fixing them in printed form. They... .... Learn More -
Bioarchaeology of Ancient Northern Vietnam (British Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
Marc Fredrick Oxenham (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407324210
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2781
This volume represents the first major bioarchaeological investigation of human health and behaviour in ancient northern Vietnam. Using dental and skeletal samples excavated by Vietnamese archaeologists from the 1960s through to 1990s, this study ... .... Learn More -
People with Animals: Perspectives and Studies in Ethnozooarchaeology [Paperback]
Lee Broderick (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785702471
Published by : Oxbow Books
People with Animals emphasises the interdependence of people and animals in society, and contributors examine the variety of forms and time-depth that these relations can take. The types of relationship studied include the importance of manure to ... .... Learn More -
The Body in History [Paperback]
John Robb (Editor); Oliver J.T. Harris (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780521124119
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book is a long-term history of how the human body has been understood in Europe from the Palaeolithic to the present day, focusing on specific moments of change. Developing a multi-scalar approach to the past, and drawing on the work of an in... .... Learn More -
St Marylebone’s Paddington Street North Burial Ground:: Excavations at Paddington Street, London W1, 2012–13 [Paperback]
Michael Henderson (Author); Adrian Miles (Author); Don Walker (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9781907586385
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
During the 18th century the expansion of the wealthy London parish of St Marylebone led to the development of two additional graveyards to relieve pressure on the church and churchyard on Marylebone High Street. The latest of these, on the north s... .... Learn More -
Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass [Hardback]
Tom Kimmerer (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813165660
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
When the first settlers arrived in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, they found an astonishing landscape of open woodland grazed by vast herds of bison. Farmers quickly replaced the bison with cattle, sheep, and horses, but left many of the trees ... .... Learn More -
Archaeodiet in the Greek World: Dietary Reconstruction from Stable Isotope Analysis [Paperback]
Anastasia Papathanasiou (Editor); Michael P. Richards (Editor); Sherry C. Fox (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780876615492
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 49
The analysis of stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen provides a powerful tool for reconstructing past diets, since it provides the only direct evidence of the foods that were actually consumed. The chapters that comprise t... .... Learn More -
Trends in Biological Anthropology 1 [Paperback]
Karina Gerdau-Radonić (Editor); Kathleen McSweeney (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782978367
Published by : Oxbow Books
This first volume in the series Trends in Biological Anthropology presents 11 papers. The study of modern baboons as proxies to understand extinct hominin species’ diet and the interpretation of skeletal degenerative joint disease on the skeletal ... .... Learn More -
Death embodied: Archaeological approaches to the treatment of the corpse [Paperback]
Zoë L. Devlin (Editor); Emma-Jayne Graham (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782979432
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 9
In April 1485, a marble sarcophagus was found on the outskirts of Rome. It contained the remains of a young Roman woman so well-preserved that she appeared to have only just died and the sarcophagus was placed on public view, attracting great crow... .... Learn More -
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology [Paperback]
Dennis Dirkmaat (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781118959794
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
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 new... .... Learn More
