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Skeletal biology in the Great Plains : migration, warfare, health, and subsistence
- Title
- Skeletal biology in the Great Plains : migration, warfare, health, and subsistence / edited by Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz.
- Publication
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E78.G73 S5 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 415 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
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- Note
- Papers from a symposium held Mar. 19-21, 1989 at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. An Integrative Approach to Great Plains Skeletal Biology / Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz -- Ch. 2. The Archaeological Context of Human Skeletons in the Northern and Central Plains / Donald J. Blakeslee -- Ch. 3. Southern Plains Cultural Complexes / Robert L. Brooks -- Ch. 4. Northern Plains Woodland Mortuary Practices / J. Signe Snortland -- Ch. 5. Descriptive Methodology in Paleopathology / Donald J. Ortner -- Ch. 6. The 1837-1838 Smallpox Epidemic on the Upper Missouri / Michael K. Trimble -- Ch. 7. Disease Profiles of Archaic and Woodland Populations in the Northern Plains / John A. Williams -- Ch. 8. Endemic Treponematosis in Prehistoric Western Iowa / S. J. Schermer, A. K. Fisher and D. C. Hodges -- Ch. 9. Respiratory Disease Among Protohistoric and Early Historic Plains Indians / Marc A. Kelley, Sean P. Murphy, Dianne R. Levesque and Paul S. Sledzik.
- Ch. 10. Otitis Media, Mastoiditis, and Infracranial Lesions in Two Plains Indian Children / Robert W. Mann, Douglas W. Owsley and Karl J. Reinhard -- Ch. 11. Interproximal Grooves, Toothaches, and Purple Coneflowers / P. Willey and Jack L. Hofman -- Ch. 12. Skeletal Injuries of Pioneers / George W. Gill -- Ch. 13. The Social, Historical, and Functional Dimensions of Skeletal Variation / Richard L. Jantz -- Ch. 14. Relationships of the Woodland Period on the Northern and Central Plains: The Craniometric Evidence / Patrick J. Key -- Ch. 15. White Traders in the Upper Missouri: Evidence from the Swan Creek Site / Richard L. Jantz and Douglas W. Owsley -- Ch. 16. Osteological Evidence for Distinct Social Groups at the Leavenworth Site / John E. Byrd and Richard L. Jantz -- Ch. 17. Metric Variation in the Supraorbital Region in Northern Plains Indians / Maria S. Cole and Theodore M. Cole III -- Ch. 18. Size and Shape of the Femur and Tibia in Northern Plains Indians / Theodore M. Cole III.
- Ch. 19. Biomechanical Analysis of Northern and Southern Plains Femora: Behavioral Implications / Christopher Ruff -- Ch. 20. Growth and Dental Developments in Arikara Children / Richard L. Jantz and Douglas W. Owsley -- Ch. 21. Stable Isotopes on the Plains: Vegetation Analyses and Diet Determinations / Larry L. Tieszen -- Ch. 22. Stable Isotope Analysis and Subsistence Patterns at the Sully Site / Noreen Tuross and Marilyn L. Fogel -- Ch. 23. Antelope Creek Phase Subsistence: The Bone Chemistry Evidence / Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, Alytia A. Levendosky and Margaret J. Schoeninger -- Ch. 24. Plains Warfare and the Anthropology of War / Clayton A. Robarchek -- Ch. 25. Warfare on the Southern Plains / Robert L. Brooks -- Ch. 26. Women's Roles in Plains Indian Warfare / John C. Ewers -- Ch. 27. Warfare in Coalescent Tradition Populations of the Northern Plains / Douglas W. Owsley.
- Ch. 28. Osteology of the Fay Tolton Site: Implications for Warfare During the Initial Middle Missouri Variant / Sandra E. Hollimon and Douglas W. Owsley -- Ch. 29. Evidence of Warfare at the Heerwald Site / Dana L. Bovee and Douglas W. Owsley -- Ch. 30. Culturally Modified Human Bones from the Edwards I Site / Douglas W. Owsley, Robert W. Mann and Timothy G. Baugh -- Ch. 31. Cutmarks and Perimortem Treatment of Skeletal Remains on the Northern Plains / Sandra L. Olsen and Pat Shipman -- Ch. 32. An Overview of Great Plains Human Skeletal Biology / Douglas H. Ubelaker.
- ISBN
- 1560980931
- LCCN
- 91014388
- OCLC
- ocm23461964
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries