A Companion to Paleopathology

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By Anne L. Grauer

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9781119111634

Series

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

Author

Anne L. Grauer

Publisher

Wiley

Release

23 September 2011

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Sociology Nonfiction

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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.
  • Highlights cultural processes that have an impact on the evolution of illness, death and dying in human populations, including subsistence strategies, human environmental adaptations, the effects of malnutrition, differential access to resources, and interpersonal and intercultural violence

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781119111634

    Series

    Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

    Author

    Anne L. Grauer

    Publisher

    Wiley

    Release

    23 September 2011

    Share

    Subjects

    Sociology Nonfiction
    A Companion to Paleopathology