基本説明
Focuses on reconstruction of archaeological populations from skeletal samples.
Full Description
"This book is virtually required reading for biological anthropologists and will be a useful, up-to-date primer on osteological analyses for a wider audience." -The Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2009 "...a comprehensive guide to the ever-changing discipline of physical anthropology...provides an in depth introduction to human skeletal biology. The structure of the book makes it easy for the reader to follow the progression of the field of human skeletal biology." -PaleoAnthropology, 2009 Issue The First Edition of Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton is the market-leading reference and textbook on the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from archaeological sites. Now, featuring scores of new or thoroughly revised content, this Second Edition provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the topic available.Like the previous edition, this Second Edition is organized into five parts with contributing chapters written by experts in the field of human skeletal biology: Part One covers theory and application; Part Two discusses morphological analyses of bone, teeth, and age changes; Part Three reviews prehistoric health and disease; Part Four examines chemical and genetic analysis of hard tissues; and Part Five closes with coverage of quantitative methods and population studies. Each chapter includes a review of recent studies, descriptions of analytical techniques and underlying assumptions, theory, methodological advances, and speculation about future research. New or thoroughly revised content includes:* Techniques in the analysis of human skeletal and dental remains* Extensive coverage of new technologies, including modern morphometric techniques* Advances in the field of forensic anthropology* Enhanced discussion of ethical terms regarding the study of aboriginal peoples' remains where those people are no longer the dominant culture This book serves as an indispensable research guide to biological anthropologists, osteologists, paleoanthropologists, and archaeologists.Now with a stronger focus on teaching complex material to students, this revised edition provides enhanced case studies and discussions for future directions, making it an invaluable textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in biological anthropology and forensic anthropology programs.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (M. ANNE KATZENBERG AND SHELLEY R. SAUNDERS). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CONTRIBUTORS. FOREWORD (JANE E. BUIKSTRA). PART: Ethics: A Historical Perspective on the Value of Human Remains (Phillip L. Walker). 2. Forensic Anthropology: Methodology and Diversity of Applications (Douglas H. Ubelaker). 3. Taphonomy and the Nature of Archaeological Assemblages (Ann L. W. Stodder). PART II: MORPHOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSES. 4. Juvenile Skeletons and Growth-Related Studies (Shelley R. Saunders). 5. Histomorphometry of Human Cortical Bone: Applications to Age Estimation (Alexander G. Robling and Sam D. Stout). 6. Biomechanical Analyses of Archaeological Human Skeletons (Christopher B. Ruff). 7. Morphometrics and Biological Anthropology in the Postgenomic Age (Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Miriam Leah Zelditch, Trish E. Parsons, Erika Kristensen, Nathan M. Young, and Steven K. Boyd). 8. Reading Between the Lines: Dental Development and Subadult Age Assessment Using the Microstructural Growth Markers of Teeth (Charles M. FitzGerald and Jerome C. Rose). 9. Dental Morphology (G. Richard Scott). PART III: PREHISTORIC HEALTH AND DISEASE. 10. Dental Pathology (Simon Hillson). 11. Analysis and Interpretation of Skeletal Trauma (Nancy C. Lovell). 12. Light and Broken Bones: Examining and Interpreting Bone Loss and Osteoporosis in Past Populations (Sabrina C. Agarwal). PART IV: CHEMICAL AND Studying Past Diet, Demography, and Life History (M. Anne Katzenberg). 14. Bone Chemistry and Trace Element Analysis (James Burton). 15. DNA Analysis of Archaeological Remains (Anne C. Stone). PART V: QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND POPULATION STUDIES . 16. Metric Analysis of Skeletal Remains: Methods and Applications (Michael Pietrusewsky). 17. Nonmetric Trait Variation in the Skeleton: Abnormalities, Anomalies, and Atavisms (Shelley R. Saunders and Dori L. Rainey). 18. Advances in Paleodemography (George R. Milner, James W. Wood, and Jesper L. Boldsen). 19. Method and Theory in Paleodemography, with an Application to a Hunting, Fishing and Gathering Village from the Late Eastern Woodlands of North America (Richard S. Meindl, Robert P. Mensforth, and C. Owen Lovejoy). Index .
