Biological anthropology of the human skeleton / edited by M. Anne Katzenberg, Shelley R. Saunders.

Other author Katzenberg, Mary Anne.
Other author Saunders, Shelley Rae.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, ©2008.
Descriptionxxxvi, 640 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Subjects

Contents Bioarchaeological ethics : a historical perspective on the value of human remains / Phillip L. Walker -- Forensic anthropology : methodology and diversity of applications / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Taphonomy and the nature of archaeological assemblages / Ann L.W. Stodder -- Juvenile skeletons and growth-related studies / Shelley R. Saunders -- Histomorphometry of human cortical bone : applications age estimation / Alexander G. Robling and Sam D. Stout -- Biomechanical analyses of archaeological human skeletons / Christopher B. Ruff -- Morphometrics and biological anthropology in the postgenomic age / Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Miriam Leah Zelditch, Trish E. Parsons, Erika Kristensen, Nathan M. Young, and Steven K. Boyd --
Contents Reading between the lines : dental development and subadult age assessment using the microstructural growth markers of teeth / Charles M. FitzGerald and Jerome C. Rose -- Dental morphology / G. Richard Scott -- Dental pathology / Simon Hillson -- Analysis and interpretation of skeletal trauma / Nancy C. Lovell -- Light and broken bones : examining and interpreting bone loss and osteoporosis in past populations / Sabrina C. Agarwal -- Stable isotope analysis : a tool for studying past diet, demography, and life history / M. anne Katzenberg -- Bone chemistry and trace element analysis / James Burton --
Contents DNA analysis of archaeological remains / Anne C. Stone -- Metric analysis of skeletal remains : methods and applications / Michael Pietrusewsky -- Nonmetric trait variation in the skeleton : abnormalities, anomalies, and atavisms / Shelley R. Saunders and Dori L. Rainey -- Advances in paleodemography / George R. Milner, James W. Wood, and Jesper L. Boldsen -- Method and theory in paleodemography, with an application to a hunting, fishing and gathering village from the late eastern woodlands of North America / Richard S. Meindl, Robert P. Mensforth, and C. Owen Lovejoy.
Local noteLittle-346428--305131051924Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007024555
ISBN9780471793724 (cloth)
ISBN0471793728 (cloth)