A synthetic treatment of the study of human remains from archaeological contexts for current and future generations of bioarchaeologists.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Clark Spencer Larsen is the Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. His research is primarily focussed on biocultural adaptation in the last 10,000 years of human evolution, with particular emphasis on the history of health, well-being, and lifestyle. He collaborates internationally in the study of ancient skeletons in order to track health changes since the late Paleolithic. He is the author of 200 scientific articles and has authored or edited 30 books and monographs.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Stress and deprivation during growth and development and adulthood 3. Exposure to infectious pathogens 4. Injury and violence 5. Activity patterns 1: articular degenerative conditions and musculo-skeletal modifications 6. Activity patterns 2: structural adaptation 7. Masticatory and nonmasticatory functions: craniofacial adaptation to mechanical loading 8. Isotopic and elemental signatures of diet, nutrition, and life history 9. Biological distance and historical dimensions of skeletal variation 10. Bioarchaeological paleodemography: interpreting age-at-death structures 11. Bioarchaeology: skeletons in context 12. References Index.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Stress and deprivation during growth and development and adulthood 3. Exposure to infectious pathogens 4. Injury and violence 5. Activity patterns 1: articular degenerative conditions and musculo-skeletal modifications 6. Activity patterns 2: structural adaptation 7. Masticatory and nonmasticatory functions: craniofacial adaptation to mechanical loading 8. Isotopic and elemental signatures of diet, nutrition, and life history 9. Biological distance and historical dimensions of skeletal variation 10. Bioarchaeological paleodemography: interpreting age-at-death structures 11. Bioarchaeology: skeletons in context 12. References Index.
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
