Investigations of ancient human tissue : chemical analyses in anthropology /
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : Gordon and Breach, c1993. |
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| Description: | xx, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Food and nutrition in history and anthropology, 0275-5769 ; v. 10 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1634415 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Bone Chemistry: History, Theory and Methods. 1. Understanding the Biogenic-Diagenetic Continuum: Interpreting Elemental Concentrations of Archaeological Bone / Mary K. Sandford. 2. Isotopic Analysis of Paleodiets: Methodological and Interpretive Considerations / Stanley H. Ambrose. 3. Chemical Analysis of Human Hair / Mary K. Sandford and Grace E. Kissling. 4. Culture, Health and Chemistry: A Technological Approach to Discovery / Linda L. Klepinger
- II. Case Studies: Confronting Diagenesis. 5. The Effects of Diagenesis on the Paloma Skeletal Material / Jeremy B. Edward and Robert A. Benfer. 6. The Six Deadly Sins of Trace Element Analysis: A Case of Wishful Thinking in Science / Stefan C. Radosevich
- III. Case Studies: Lessons from the Past - Challenges of the Future. 7. Applications of Elemental and Isotopic Analysis to Problems in Ontario Prehistory / M. Anne Katzenberg. 8. Locals or Foreigners? Morphological, Biometric and Isotopic Approaches to the Question of Group Affinity in Human Skeletal Remains Recovered from Unusual Archaeological Contexts / John W. Verano and Michael J. DeNiro. 9. Benefits and Obstacles of Routine Elemental and Isotopic Analysis in Bioarchaeological Research Contracts / John A. Williams.