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 Wiley-Liss A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication New York, Chichester, Weinheim, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto 2000 FROM THE BACK COVER The biology of prehistoric and early peoples is studied largely 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 fields 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 Anthropology 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 analysis 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 contribution 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 observation 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ix M. Anne Katzenberg and Shelley R. Saunders Acknowledgments xv Contributors xvii PART I: THEORY AND APPLICATION IN STUDIES OF PAST PEOPLES 1 1. Bioarchaeological Ethics: A Historical Perspective on the Value of Human Remains 3 Phillip L. Walker 2. Methodological Considerations in the Forensic Applications of Human Skeletal Biology 41 Douglas H. Ubelaker PART II: MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES AND AGE CHANGES 69 3. Biomechanical Analyses of Archaeological Human Skeletons 71 Christopher B. Ruff 4. Dental Morphology: Techniques and Strategies 103 John T. Mayhall 5. Subadult Skeletons and Growth-Related Studies 135 Shelley R. Saunders 6. Reading Between the Lines: Dental Development and Subadult Age Assessment Using the Microstructural Growth Markers of Teeth 163 Charles M. FitzGerald and Jerome C. Rose 7. Histomorphometry of Human Cortical Bone: Applications to Age Estimation 187 Alexander G. Robling and Sam D. Stout PART III: PREHISTORIC HEALTH AND DISEASE 215 8. Paleopathological Description and Diagnosis 217 Nancy C. Lovell 9. Dental Pathology 249 Simon Hillson 10. Palaeohistology: Health and Disease 287 Susan Pfeiffer PART IV: CHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSES OF HARDTISSUES 303 11. Stable Isotope Analysis: A Tool for Studying Past Diet, Demography, and Life History 305 M. Anne Katzenberg 12. Trace Element Research in Anthropology: New Perspectives and Challenges 329 Mary K. Sandford and David S. Weaver 13. Ancient DNA from Skeletal Remains 351 Anne C. Stone PART V: QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND POPULATION STUDIES 373 14. Metric Analysis of Skeletal Remains: Methods and Applications 375 Michael Pietrusewsky 15. Building the Bases for Paleodemographic Analysis: Adult Age Determination 417 Mary Jackes 16. Paleodemography 467 George R. Milner, James W. Wood and Jesper L. Boldsen Subject Index 499 WHERE TO ORDER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1 Wiley Dr. Somerset, NJ, 08875-1272 U.S.A. Phone: 800-225-5945 Fax: 732-302-2300 Web site: www.wiley.com COST: $95 Hardcover (ISBN: 0471316164)
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