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001 2014031787
003 DLC
005 20150530081842.0
008 150113s2015 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014031787
020 $a9780521838696 (hardback)
020 $a9780521547482 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aCC77.B8$bL37 2015
082 00 $a930.1$223
084 $aSOC002020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLarsen, Clark Spencer,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBioarchaeology :$binterpreting behavior from the human skeleton /$cClark Spencer Larsen, The Ohio State University.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $axvi, 608 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology
520 $a"Now including numerous full colour figures, this updated and revised edition of Larsen's classic text provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of bioarchaeology. Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past twenty years, the author examines how this discipline has matured and evolved in fundamental ways. Jargon free and richly illustrated, the text is accompanied by copious case studies and references to underscore the central role that human remains play in the interpretation of life events and conditions of past and modern cultures. From the origins and spread of infectious disease to the consequences of decisions made by humans with regard to the kinds of foods produced, and their nutritional, health and behavioral outcomes. With local, regional, and global perspectives, this up-to-date text provides a solid foundation for all those working in the field"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 433-592) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Stress and deprivation during growth and development and adulthood; 3. Exposure to infectious pathogens; 4. Injury and violence; 5. Activity patterns 1: articular degenerative conditions and musculo-skeletal modifications; 6. Activity patterns 2: structural adaptation; 7. Masticatory and nonmasticatory functions: craniofacial adaptation to mechanical loading; 8. Isotopic and elemental signatures of diet, nutrition, and life history; 9. Biological distance and historical dimensions of skeletal variation; 10. Bioarchaeological paleodemography: interpreting age-at-death structures; 11. Bioarchaeology: skeletons in context; 12. References; Index.
650 0 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)
650 0 $aHuman skeleton$xAnalysis.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/38696/cover/9780521838696.jpg