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| Author | : Efthymia Nikita |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2016-12-22 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0128040971 |
Osteoarchaeology: A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains covers the identification of bones and teeth, taphonomy, sex, ancestry assessment, age estimation, the analysis of biodistances, growth patterns and activity markers, and paleopathology. The book aims to familiarize the reader with the main applications of osteoarchaeology and provide the necessary knowledge required for the implementation of a broad range of osteological methods. It is ideal as a complement to existing textbooks used in upper level undergraduate and graduate courses on osteoarchaeology, human osteology, and, to some extent, forensic anthropology. Pedagogical features include ample illustrations, case study material, revision exercises, and a glossary. Additional features comprise macros that facilitate data processing and analysis, as well as an extensive chapter on applied statistics. - 2018 PROSE Awards - Honorable Mention, Textbook/Social Services: Association of American Publishers - Contains coverage of nearly every aspect of human osteological macroscopic analysis - Presents detailed descriptions of the application of different methods - Includes a variety of online resources, including macros designed by the author for the calculation of the number of individuals in commingled assemblages, processing cranial landmarks and nonmetric traits, and more
| Author | : Elizabeth Weiss |
| Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2020-08-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1683401859 |
Engaging a longstanding controversy important to archaeologists and indigenous communities, Repatriation and Erasing the Past takes a critical look at laws that mandate the return of human remains from museums and laboratories to ancestral burial grounds. Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss and attorney James Springer offer scientific and legal perspectives on the way repatriation laws impact research. Weiss discusses how anthropologists draw conclusions about past peoples through their study of skeletons and mummies and argues that continued curation of human remains is important. Springer reviews American Indian law and how it helped to shape laws such as NAGPRA (the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). He provides detailed analyses of cases including the Kennewick Man and the Havasupai genetics lawsuits. Together, Weiss and Springer critique repatriation laws and support the view that anthropologists should prioritize scientific research over other perspectives.
| Author | : Roos van Oosten |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019-11-26 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789088908330 |
Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person's environment and burial conditions. While osteoarchaeological research is common in the Low Countries, many of the studies done on the excellent skeletal collections remain unpublished and therefore unavailable to a larger audience.Following on the Urban Graveyards volumes, Osteoarchaeology in historical context contributes to the dissemination of cemetery research in the Low Countries. Several important skeletal collections are examined in their historical contexts to better understand past living and dying. Osteoarchaeological data are combined with information on burial location, orientation, and grave goods. In doing so, this volume expands our knowledge of contextual cemetery research in the Low Countries and serves as a starting point for comparative research.
| Author | : Joanna R. Sofaer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2006-02-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1316584097 |
Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet 'the body' is also highly contested. Archaeological bodies are studied through two contrasting perspectives that sit on different sides of a disciplinary divide. On one hand lie science-based osteoarchaeological approaches. On the other lie understandings derived from recent developments in social theory that increasingly view the body as a social construction. Through a close examination of disciplinary practice, Joanna Sofaer highlights the tensions and possibilities offered by one particular kind of archaeological body, the human skeleton, with particular regard to the study of gender and age. Using a range of examples, she argues for reassessment of the role of the skeletal body in archaeological practice, and develops a theoretical framework for bioarchaeology based on the materiality and historicity of human remains.
| Author | : Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Animal remains (Archaeology) |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Animal remains (Archaeology) |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Umberto Albarella |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2013-04-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9401596522 |
Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies are often marginalized in archaeology. This is the first book that, by discussing the meaning and purpose we give to the expression `environmental archaeology', investigates the reasons for such a problem. The book is written in an accessible manner and is of interest to all students who want to understand the essence of archaeology beyond the boundary of the individual subdisciplines.
| Author | : Jane E. Buikstra |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 817 |
| Release | : 2012-06-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0195389808 |
The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
| Author | : Margaret Cox |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 2000-01-04 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9780521691468 |
This advanced textbook provides the reader with an up-to-date account of recent developments and future potential in the study of human skeletons from both an archaeological and forensic context. It is well-illustrated, comprehensive in its coverage and is divided into six sections for ease of reference, encompassing such areas as palaeodemography, juvenile health and growth, disease and trauma, normal skeletal variation, biochemical and microscopic analyses and facial reconstruction. Each chapter is written by a recognised specialist in the field, and includes in-depth discussion of the reliability of methods, with appropriate references, and current and future research directions. It is essential reading for all students undertaking osteology as part of their studies and will also prove a valuable reference for forensic scientists, both in the field and the laboratory.
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| Publisher | : ScholarlyEditions |
| Total Pages | : 2848 |
| Release | : 2012-01-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1464963711 |
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