Current And Recent Research In Osteoarchaeology

Author : Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 190018897X

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Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology 2 by Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting Pdf

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, evidence derived from bone assemblages and specific individual examples. Studies are presented on archaeozoology, domesticated animal bone assemblages, evidence of violence and stress indicators, measurement and statistical analysis and current research in the field of osteoarchaeology.

Author : Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting
Publisher : Casemate Academic
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048538006

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Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology by Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting Pdf

This text presents the proceedings of the third meeting of the Osteoarchaeological Research Group held in Leicester on 18th November 1995.

Author : Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : PSU:000045187339

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Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology 2 by Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Meeting Pdf

Author : Efthymia Nikita
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128040973

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Osteoarchaeology by Efthymia Nikita Pdf

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. 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 : Mary Lewis
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780124104396

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Paleopathology of Children by Mary Lewis Pdf

Palaeopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults provides archaeological examples of pathological child remains with varying degrees of disease manifestation, and where possible, presents illustrations of individually affected bones to help with identification. The structure and inclusion of photographs and summary diagnostic tables make this suitable for use as a textbook. Each chapter includes a table of international archaeological cases collated by the author from published and unpublished literature. Child skeletal remains come in a variety of different sizes, with bones appearing and fusing at different times during growth. Identifying pathology in such unfamiliar bones can be a challenge, and we often rely on photographs of clinical radiographs or intact anatomical specimens to try and interpret the lesions we see in archaeological material. These are usually the most extreme examples of the disease, and do not account for the wide degree of variation we may see in skeletal remains. Provides a comprehensive review of the types of pathological conditions identified in non-adult skeletal remains Contains chapters that tackle a particular disease classification Features for each condition are described and illustrated to aid in the identification

Author : Charles L. Redman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0471712914

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Research and theory in current archeology by Charles L. Redman Pdf

Author : Sabrina C. Agarwal,Bonnie A. Glencross
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444390520

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Social Bioarchaeology by Sabrina C. Agarwal,Bonnie A. Glencross Pdf

Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world

Author : Gwilym Hughes,Ann Woodward
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784912093

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The Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Crick Covert Farm: Excavations 1997-1998 by Gwilym Hughes,Ann Woodward Pdf

Excavations of a large part of an extensive Iron Age settlement carried out between 1997 - 1998 at Covert Farm located near Crick in northwestern Northamptonshire.

Author : Margaret Cox,Simon Mays
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 052169146X

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Human Osteology by Margaret Cox,Simon Mays Pdf

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.

Author : Nerissa Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139504348

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Social Zooarchaeology by Nerissa Russell Pdf

This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role of animals in the human diet and subsistence economy. This book, however, argues that animals have always played many more roles in human societies: as wealth, companions, spirit helpers, sacrificial victims, totems, centerpieces of feasts, objects of taboos, and more. These social factors are as significant as taphonomic processes in shaping animal bone assemblages. Nerissa Russell uses evidence derived from not only zooarchaeology, but also ethnography, history and classical studies, to suggest the range of human-animal relationships and to examine their importance in human society. Through exploring the significance of animals to ancient humans, this book provides a richer picture of past societies.

Author : Barbara S. Bowers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351885737

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The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice by Barbara S. Bowers Pdf

Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented creates insights into practice, medicines, administration, foundation, regulation, patronage, theory, and spirituality. Looking at differing models of hospital administration between 13th century France and Spain, social context is explored. Seen from the perspective of the history of Knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus, and Order of the Temple, hospital and practice have a different emphasis. Extant medieval hospitals at Tonnerre and Winchester become the basis for exploring form and function in relation to health theory (spiritual and non-spiritual) as well as the influence of patronage and social context. In the case of the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, this line of argument is taken further to demonstrate aspects of the building based on a concept of epidemiology. Evidence for the practice of medicine presented in these essays comes from a variety of sources and approaches such as remedy books, medical texts, recorded practice, and by making parallels with folk medicine. Archaeological evidence indicates both religious and non religious medical intervention while skeletal remains reveal both pathology and evidence of treatment.

Author : Umberto Albarella,Keith Dobney,Anton Ervynck,Peter Rowley-Conwy
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199207046

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Pigs and Humans by Umberto Albarella,Keith Dobney,Anton Ervynck,Peter Rowley-Conwy Pdf

A collection of essays focusing upon the role wild and domestic pigs have played in human societies around the world over the last 10,000 years. The 22 contributors cover a broad and diverse range of themes, grounded within the disciplines of archaeology, zoology, anthropology, and biology, as well as art history and history.

Author : Melinda A. Zeder,Daniel Bradley,Eve Emshwiller,Bruce D. Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520932425

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Documenting Domestication by Melinda A. Zeder,Daniel Bradley,Eve Emshwiller,Bruce D. Smith Pdf

Agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10,000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of the planet. In the last decade, significant technological and methodological advances in both molecular biology and archaeology have revolutionized the study of plant and animal domestication and are reshaping our understanding of the transition from foraging to farming, one of the major turning points in human history. This groundbreaking volume for the first time brings together leading archaeologists and biologists working on the domestication of both plants and animals to consider a wide variety of archaeological and genetic approaches to tracing the origin and dispersal of domesticates. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in this quickly changing field as well as reviews of recent findings on specific crop and livestock species in the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. Offering a unique global perspective, it explores common challenges and potential avenues for future progress in documenting domestication.

Author : Dusan Boric,John Robb
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782975458

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Past Bodies by Dusan Boric,John Robb Pdf

Archaeology often struggles in envisioning real people behind the world of material objects it studies. Even when dealing with skeletal remains archaeologists routinely reduce them to long lists of figures and attributes. Such a fragmentation of past subjects and their bodies, if analytically necessary, is hardly satisfactory. While material culture is the main archaeological proxy to real people in the past, the absence of past bodies has been chronic in archaeological writings. At the same time, these past bodies in archaeology are omnipresent. Bodily matters are tangible in the archaeological record in a way most other theoretical centralities never appear to be. Ancient bodies surround us, in representations, in burials, in the remains of food preparation, cooking and consumption, in hands holding tools, in joint efforts of many individual bodies who built architecture and monuments. This collection of papers is a reaction to decades of the body's invisibility. It raises the body as the central topic in the study of past societies, researching its appearance in a wide variety of regional contexts and across vast spans of archaeological time. Contributions in this volume range from the deep Epi-Palaeolithic past of the Near East, through the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, Classical Greece and Late Medieval England, to pre-Columbian Central America, post-contact North America, and the most recent conflicts in the Balkans. In all these case studies, the materiality of the body is centre stage. Possibilities are highlighted for future study: by putting the body at the forefront of these archaeological studies an attempt is made to provoke the imagination and map out new territories.

Author : Gustavo Federico Bonnat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031551949

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Current Research in Archaeology of South American Pampas by Gustavo Federico Bonnat Pdf