1st Edition
Bodies and Lives in Ancient America Health Before Columbus
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact. Using a unique life history approach, the book moves from pregnancy and birth through to senescence. Drawing on biological data gathered from human remains, as well as cultural and environmental data derived from archaeological investigations, the... Read more
1. Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives 2. Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Disease 3. Pregnancy and Birth in Ancient America 4. Growing Up in Ancient America 5. Adult Life in Ancient America 6. Growing Old in Ancient America 7. Life Histories and the Arc of Time
Biography
Debra L. Martin is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Anna J. Osterholtz is a visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
"Recommended. All levels/libraries."
- G. R. Campbell, The University of Montana in CHOICE
