452 Pages
231 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
452 Pages
231 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
452 Pages
231 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones and teeth and the nature of the burial record.
Drawing from studies around the world, this book illustrates how the scientific study of human remains can shed light upon important archaeological and historical... Read more
Preface　
- THE NATURE OF BONES AND TEETH
- THE NATURE OF THE BURIAL RECORD
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK ON BURIAL GROUNDS
- THE ASSESSMENT OF AGE AND SEX
- METRIC VARIATION IN THE SKULL
- METRIC VARIATION IN THE POST-CRANIAL SKELETON
- NON-METRIC VARIATION
- BONE DISEASE
- DENTAL DISEASE
- TRACES OF INJURY ON THE SKELETON
- STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
- DNA ANALYSIS
- CREMATED BONE
- ETHICS AND HUMAN REMAINS
Bibliography
Biography
Simon Mays is currently Human Skeletal Biologist for Historic England, based in Portsmouth, UK. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, and a Honorary Fellow at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. His research interests span all areas of archaeological human skeletal remains. Previous books include Advances in Human Palaeopathology (2008) edited with Ron Pinhasi, and The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, 2nd edition (2020) authored with Megan Brickley and Rachel Ives.
