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A Companion to Paleopathology
Anne L. Grauer
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Description for A Companion to Paleopathology
Paperback. A Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 632 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology. * Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and disease processes throughout human history * Demonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non-human skeletal materials, mummified remains and preserved tissue * Integrates scientific advances in multiple fields that contribute to the understanding of ancient and historic diseases, such as epidemiology, histology, radiology, parasitology, dentistry, and molecular biology, as well as archaeological, archival and historical research. * ... Read more
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology. * Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and disease processes throughout human history * Demonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non-human skeletal materials, mummified remains and preserved tissue * Integrates scientific advances in multiple fields that contribute to the understanding of ancient and historic diseases, such as epidemiology, histology, radiology, parasitology, dentistry, and molecular biology, as well as archaeological, archival and historical research. * ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
1020g
Number of Pages
628
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119111634
SKU
V9781119111634
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About Anne L. Grauer
Anne L. Grauer is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. She is the editor of Bodies of Evidence: Reconstructing History Through Skeletal Analysis (1995) and co-editor of Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective (with Stuart-Macadam, 1998). She has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physical ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Paleopathology
The book charts developing maturity reflecting theexcellent work of the early pioneers but emphasising the biggerquestions which research today facilitates such as how and whydiseases develop, determining their frequency in the past andidentifying how humans respond under different conditions andcircumstances. Such questions have relevance for understandingdiseases and their trajectories in contemporarypopulations. ( Chromatographia, 1 August2013)