Biological Sciences
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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)
£30.50ISBN: 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 -
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 -
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... .... Learn More -
The upper Walbrook valley cemetery of Roman London [Hardback]
Chiz Harward (Author); Natasha Powers (Author); Sadie Watson (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781907586255
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Volume: 69
Six excavations (1987–2007) at Finsbury Circus on the north side of the City of London uncovered over 130 Romano-British burials, part of the upper Walbrook cemetery, to the west of the better-known ‘northern’ cemetery (around Bishopsgate). Set w... .... Learn More -
Physical, Chemical and Biological Markers in Argentine Archaeology: Theory, Methods and Applications [Paperback]
Debora M. Kligmann (Editor); Marcelo R. Morales (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781407313221
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2678
Although the beginning of archaeological studies dates back to very old times, the use and applications of disciplines such as physics, chemistry, geology, and biology in archaeology have rapidly increased during the last sixty years worldwide. Pa... .... Learn More -
Hiérarchie et fiabilité des liaisons ostéologiques (par symétrie et par contiguïté articulaire) dans l’étude des sépultures anciennes [Paperback]
Núria Villena i Mota (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407313467
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2697
This is an experimental study of refitting individual bones by osteoscopic analysis. This included examining 20 bilaterally symmetrical pairs and 14 contiguous articulations. More than 800 tests, each one based upon 70 bones, were carried out, est... .... Learn More -
Black Shank of Tobacco in the Former Dutch East Indies, caused by Phytophthora Nicotianae [Paperback]
Jan C. Zadoks (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088902833
Published by : Sidestone Press
Jacob van Breda de Haan is known as the author of the name Phytophthora nicotianae n.sp., the causal agent of ‘black shank’, an important disease of tobacco. Who was he? Where did he work? What did he publish? He published in Dutch, 1896, in a Dut... .... Learn More -
Étude archéozoologique des grands mammifères du gisement Paléolithique moyen d’Érd (Hongrie) [Paperback]
Eva J Daschek (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407313412
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2694
This work deals with Neanderthal subsistence behaviours during the Middle Palaeolithic in Hungary, through the example of Érd site. Very discreet, hunting and mainly scavenging, activities are shown by zooarchaeological study for meat procurement.... .... Learn More
