Bioarchaeology: interpreting behavior from the human skeleton

by Larsen, Clark Spencer

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Title Statements

Full title :Bioarchaeology : interpreting behavior from the human skeleton / Clark Spencer Larsen.

Summary

"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"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:[2015].
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:[2015].

Notes

In Cambridge core.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvi, 608 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1139020390, 9781139020398
oclc:on1105805775
LC Classification:CC77.B8
Dewey Decimal:930.1

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.