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Bioarchaeology : interpreting behavior from the human skeleton
- Title
- Bioarchaeology : interpreting behavior from the human skeleton / Clark Spencer Larsen, the Ohio State University.
- Author
- Larsen, Clark Spencer
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 16-751 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xvi, 608 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of pates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- "Now including numerous full colour figures, this updated and revised edition of Larsen's classic text provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of bioarchaeology. Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past twenty years, the author examines how this discipline has matured and evolved in fundamental ways. Jargon free and richly illustrated, the text is accompanied by copious case studies and references to underscore the central role that human remains play in the interpretation of life events and conditions of past and modern cultures. From the origins and spread of infectious disease to the consequences of decisions made by humans with regard to the kinds of foods produced, and their nutritional, health and behavioral outcomes. With local, regional, and global perspectives, this up-to-date text provides a solid foundation for all those working in the field"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.
- Alternative Title
- Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-592) and index.
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 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 musculoskeletal 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 -- References -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-751
- ISBN
- 9780521838696
- 052183869X
- 9780521547482
- 0521547482
- LCCN
- 2014031787
- OCLC
- 900276953
- Author
- Larsen, Clark Spencer, author.
- Title
- Bioarchaeology : interpreting behavior from the human skeleton / Clark Spencer Larsen, the Ohio State University.
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropologyCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-592) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-751