BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE HUMAN SKELETON Edited by M. ANNE KATZENBERG Department of Archaeology University of Calgary SHELLEY R. SAUNDERS Department of Anthropology McMaster University WILEYLISS A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION 2000 CONTENTS Preface M. Anne Katzenberg and Shelley R. Saunders Acknowledgments Contributors PART I: THEORY AND APPLICATION IN STUDIES OF PAST PEOPLES 1. Bioarchaeological Ethics: A Historical Perspective on the Value of Human Remains Phillip L. Walker 2. Methodological Considerations in the Forensic Applications of Human Skeletal Biology Douglas H. Ubelaker PART II: MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES AND AGE CHANGES 3. Biomechanical Analyses of Archaeological Human Skeletons Christopher B. Ruff 4. Dental Morphology: Techniques and Strategies John T. Mayhall 5. Subadult Skeletons and GrowthRelated Studies Shelley R. Saunders 6. Reading Between the Lines: Dental Development and Subadult Age Assessment Using the Microstructural Growth Markers of Teeth Charles M. FitzGerald and Jerome C. Rose 7. Histomorphometry of Human Cortical Bone: Applications to Age Estimation Alexander G. Robling and Sam D. Stout PART III: PREHISTORIC HEALTH AND DISEASE 8. Paleopathological Description and Diagnosis Nancy C. Lovell 9. Dental Pathology Simon Hillson 10. Palaeohistology: Health and Disease Susan Pfeiffer PART IV: CHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSES OF HARD TISSUES 11. Stable Isotope Analysis: A Tool for Studying Past Diet, Demography, and Life History M. Anne Katzenberg 12. Trace Element Research in Anthropology: New Perspectives and Challenges Mary K. Sandford and David S. Weaver 13. Ancient DNA from Skeletal Remains Anne C. Stone PART V: QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND POPULATION STUDIES 14. Metric Analysis of Skeletal Remains: Methods and Applications Michael Pietrusewsky 15. Building the Bases for Paleodemographic Analysis: Adult Age Determination Mary Jackes 16. Paleodemography George R. Milner, James W. Wood and Jesper L. Boldsen Subject Index BACK COVER: The biology of prehistoric and early historic peoples is studied through the analysis of hard tissue. Fascinating changes have occurred in the analysis of human skeletal and dental remains over the past few years for various reasons. Factors such as new technology, advances in the field of forensic anthropology, and heightened ethical concerns regarding the study of aboriginal peoples’ remains where those people are no longer the dominant culture have emerged as significant themes for research and are examined in this comprehensive book. Organized into five parts with contributing chapters written by experts in the field of human skeletal biology, Biological Anthroplogy of the Human Skeleton delves into a variety of areas unique to literature. Part One covers theory and application, which leads to Part Two’s discussion of morphological analyses of bone, teeth, and age changes. Following in Part Three are reviews of prehistoric health and disease. Part Four examines chemical and genetic analyses of hard tissues, and Part Five closes with coverage of quantitative methods and population studies. Such in-depth topics as how humans have regarded the dead over time and across cultures, the ethics of skeletal research, and the contributions and advances in research analysis are essential elements contained within this book. Other subjects covered are: Dental morphology, highlighting new methods of characterizing tooth size and shape Recent investigations of microstructural growth markers in dental tissues Studies based on gross observations of bones, gross observations of teeth, and microscopic studies Bone structure at the histological level and the factors that account for variation Stable isotope analysis, trace element analysis, and the extraction and amplification of ancient DNA Plus many other topics that contain the common thread of determining information about past peoples from their skeletal and dental remains Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton covers a scope of major topics in human skeletal biology and will be an indispensable research guide to biological anthropologists, osteologists, paleoanthropologists, and archaeologists. WHERE TO ORDER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1 Wiley Drive Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 1-800-225-5945 1-732-302-2300 (Fax) ISBN: 0-471-31616-4 (Cloth) Price: $95
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