Human Osteology - In Archaeology and Forensic Science

1189 Pages·2000·7.31 MB·English

by  Margaret Cox

Human Osteology : In Archaeology and
title:
Forensic Science 1St Ed.
author: Cox, Margaret.; Mays, Simon.
publisher: Greenwich Medical Media Limited
isbn10 | asin: 1841100463
print isbn13: 9781841100463
ebook isbn13: 9780511043291
language: English
Physical anthropology, Anthropologie
physique, Bones, Os, Skeleton, Squelette,
subject
Fossil hominids, Homme fossile, Bone and
Bones--anatomy & histology, Skeleton.
publication date: 2000
lcc: GN70.C69 2000eb
ddc: 611/.71
Physical anthropology, Anthropologie
physique, Bones, Os, Skeleton, Squelette,
subject: Fossil hominids, Homme fossile, Bone and
Bones--anatomy & histology, Skeleton.
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Human Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic
Science
Page ii
To Theya Molleson
and Don Brothwell,
who taught us so much
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Human Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic
Science
Editors
Margaret Cox and
Simon Mays
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements x
Author Biographies xi
Preface xxi
Chapter 1 1
Studies on Skeletal and Dental Variation: A View Across
Two Centuries
Don Brothwell
Section I
Juvenile Health, Growth and Development
Introduction 7
Chapter 2 9
Development and Ageing of the Juvenile Skeleton
Louise Scheuer and Sue Black
Chapter 3 23
Growth Studies of Past Populations: An Overview and an
Example
Louise Humphrey
Chapter 4 39
Non-adult Palaeopathology: Current Status and Future
Potential
Mary Lewis
Section II
Palaeodemography
Introduction 59
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Chapter 5 61
Ageing Adults from the Skeleton
Margaret Cox
Chapter 6 83
Ageing from the Dentition
David Whittaker
Chapter 7 101
Problems and Prospects in Palaeodemography
Andrew Chamberlain
Chapter 8 117
Sex Determination in Skeletal Remains
Simon Mays and Margaret Cox
Chapter 9 131
Assessment of Parturition
Margaret Cox
Section III
Disease in the Past
Introduction 143
Chapter 10 145
Infectious Disease in Biocultural Perspective: Past,
Present and Future Work in Britain
Charlotte Roberts
Chapter 11 163
The Palaeopathology of Joint Disease
Juliet Rogers
Chapter 12 183
The Diagnosis of Metabolic Disease in Archaeological