Osteoarchaeology, Biological Anthropology
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Social Bioarchaeology [Paperback]
Sabrina C. Agarwal (Author); Bonnie A. Glencross (Author)
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ISBN: 9781444337679
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Social Bioarchaeology introduces the growing biosocial approach in archaeology that challenges the traditional methods of analysing and interpreting human skeletal remains. The contributions outline the essential components of this research, f... .... Learn More -
The Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains [Paperback]
Rebecca Gowland (Author); Christopher Knusel (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842173657
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 1
Human bones form the most direct link to understanding how people lived in the past, who they were and where they came from. The interpretative value of human skeletal remains (within their burial context) in terms of past social identity and o... .... Learn More -
Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria [Paperback]
James L.A. Webb (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521670128
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction fro... .... Learn More -
New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece [Paperback]
Lynne A. Schepartz (Editor); Sherry C. Fox (Editor); Chryssi Bourbou (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9780876615430
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 43
Physical anthropology, the study of human skeletal remains, has assumed an increasingly important role in the archaeology of Greece over the past 30 years, both in the field and in interpretive research. In addition to including stimulating case s... .... Learn More -
Vitamin C for prevention of CRPS-I in traumatology and orthopaedic surgery [Paperback]
Paul E. Zollinger (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9789088900099
Published by : Sidestone Press
Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, can occur after a trauma to an arm or leg. CRPS is frequently seen after wrist fractures. The diagnosis of CRPS is based on clinical signs and sympt... .... Learn More -
Teeth Tell Tales [Paperback]
Hayley L. Mickleburgh (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088900075
Published by : Sidestone Press
Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and understanding the dental wear pat... .... Learn More -
The Latin Alexander Trallianus: The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book [Paperback]
D. R. Langslow (Author)
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ISBN: 9780907764328
Published by : Roman Society Publications
Series: JRS Monograph
Volume: 10
The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. The importance of the ... .... Learn More -
Health in Antiquity [Hardback]
Helen King (Author)
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ISBN: 9780415220651
Published by : Routledge
Some ancients believed that disease and ill-health came from Pandora's jar, as prescribed in myth, whilst others saw man as the protagonist of his own ill-health. This collection of fourteen essays on health in antiquity takes an approach which... .... Learn More -
Practitioners, Practices and Patients: New Approaches to Medical Archaeology and Anthropology [Paperback]
Patricia Anne Baker (Author); Gillian Carr (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781842170793
Published by : Oxbow Books
Medical care in the past, and indeed present societies, can be studied in a number of different ways, including palaeopatholoy, palaeobotany, literary evidence, material culture and different medical ideologies and belief systems. These 15 pape... .... Learn More -
Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology 2 [Paperback]
Sue Anderson (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9781900188975
Published by : Oxbow Books
A collection of short papers and abstracts from the 4th, 5th and 6th proceedings of the Osteological Research Group, held in April and November 1996 and June 1997. The papers cover a wide range of subjects including technical information, evide... .... Learn More
