Histology of Ancient Human Bone: Methods and Diagnosis

Proceedings of the ¿Palaeohistology Workshop¿ held from 3¿5 October 1990 at Göttingen
Herausgegeben von Grupe, Gisela; Garland, A.Neil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the
research potential ofa histological inspection of excavated
bone finds. Anthropologists, forensicspecialists,
palaeontologists and palaeopathologists have to deal with
the unique problems associated with the investigation of
mineralised tissues which have been buried in different soil
environments for a long time. A summary of the appropriate
methods of investigation of species, determination of age at
death and the diagnosisof pathology is presented. Although
the contributions mainly focus on light microscoy, more
advanced methods such as histomorphometry and
microradiography are also discussed in detail.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-77003-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9783642770036
• ISBN-10: 3642770037
• Artikelnr.: 36115607

Autorenporträt

Gisela Grupe ist Professorin für Anthropologie an der LMU München.

Inhaltsangabe

An Introduction to The Histology of Exhumed Mineralized Tissue.- Light Microscopy of Excavated Human Bone.- Decomposition Phenomena in thin Sections of Excavated Human Bones.- Some Remarks on Palaeohistology from A Comparative Evolutionary Point of View.- Differential Diagnosis of Human and Animal Bone.- Human Bone Remodelling and Aging.- Approaches to The Histological Age Determination of Cremated Human Remains.- Comparative Histological and Microradiography Investigations of Human Bone.- Histomorphometric Methods Applied to Bone.- Palaeohistology of Human Bone Remains: A Critical Evaluation and an Example of its use.- Pathology of Metabolic Bone and Joint Diseases.- Initial Stages of Systemic Bone Disease.- The Uses of Scanning Electron Microscopy in the Interpretation of Some Examples of Trauma in Human Skeletal Remains.