Osteoarchaeology, Biological Anthropology
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Death as a Process: The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral [Paperback]
J. Pearce (Editor); J. Weekes (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781785703232
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in funerary Archaeology
Volume: 12
The study of funerary practice has become one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of Roman archaeology in recent decades. This volume draws on large-scale fieldwork from across Europe, methodological advances and conceptual innovatio... .... Learn More -
New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care: Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory [Hardback]
Lorna Tilley (Editor); Alecia A. Schrenk (Editor)
Regular Price: £99.99
Special Price: £70.00
ISBN: 9783319399003
Published by : Springer Verlag
New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care evaluates, refines and expands existing concepts and practices in the developing field of bioarchaeological research into health-related care provision in the past. Evidence in human remains that in... .... Learn More -
Archaeologists and the Dead [Hardback]
Howard Williams (Editor); Melanie Giles (Editor)
Regular Price: £94.00
Special Price: £65.00
ISBN: 9780198753537
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume addresses the relationship between archaeologists and the dead, through the many dimensions of their relationships: in the field (through practical and legal issues); in the lab (through their analysis and interpretation); and in their... .... Learn More -
Bioarchaeology of Ancient Northern Vietnam (British Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
Marc Fredrick Oxenham (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £34.00
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 -
Holocene Foragers of North India: The Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic Damdama [Paperback]
John R. Lukacs (Author); Jagannath Pal (Author)
Regular Price: £51.00
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781407314525
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2783
A fresh and innovative approach to the skeletal biology of prehistoric South Asians is presented in this volume. It is the first comprehensive bioarchaeological study of an early Holocene human skeletal series from the Gangetic Plain of North Indi... .... Learn More -
The Body in History [Paperback]
John Robb (Editor); Oliver J.T. Harris (Editor)
Regular Price: £29.99
Special Price: £15.00
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 -
A Companion to Dental Anthropology [Hardback]
Joel D. Irish (Editor)
Regular Price: £148.00
Special Price: £95.00
ISBN: 9781118845431
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Companion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub–disciplines of the field from its roots and evolution through to the latest scientific research. Essays are contributed by over 30 scholars ... .... 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)
£65.00ISBN: 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)
Regular Price: £49.95
Special Price: £9.95
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
