Stories from the skeleton : behavioral reconstruction in human osteology /

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Author / Creator:Jurmain, Robert.
Imprint:Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Gordon and Breach, c1999.
Description:xiv, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Interpreting the remains of the past : v. 1
Interpreting the remains of the past ; v. 1.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4021983
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Varying Form of Title:Behavioral reconstruction in human osteology
ISBN:9057005417
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-322) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the series
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: of science and stories
  • 2. Osteoarthritis: clinical and osteological approaches
  • 3. Osteoarthritis and activity: occupation and sports studies
  • 4. Osteoarthritis: anthropological interpretations
  • 5. Enthesopathies and other osteological indicators of activity
  • 6. Trauma
  • 7. Studies of bone geometry: the shape of things to come?
  • 8. Conclusion: defining the limits of interpretation
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.