Skeletal biology of past peoples : research methods / editors, Shelley R. Saunders, M. Anne Katzenberg.

xvii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographic references and index

Subadult skeletons and growth related studies by Shelley R. Saunders (pages 1-20) -- Methods of determining age at death using bone microstructure by Sam D. Stout (pages 21-35) -- Biomechanical analyses of archaeological human skeletal samples by Christopher Ruff (pages 37-58) -- Techniques for the study of dental morphology by John T. Mayhall (pages 59-78) -- A reconstruction of trace element analysis in prehistoric bone by Mary K. Sandford (pages 79-103) -- Advances in stable isotope analysis of prehistoric bones by A. Anne Katzenberg (pages 105-119) -- Innovative approaches to the study of past human health and subsistence strategies by Linda L. Klepinger (pages 121-130) -- Advances in detecting disease in earlier human populations by Bruce M. Rothschild (pages 131-151) -- Anthropological uses of developmental defects of enamel by Mark Skinner and Alan H. Goodman (pages 153-174) -- Applications of demographic models to paleodemography by Eric Abella Roth (pages 175-188) -- Paleodemography : problems and techniques by Mary Jackes (pages 189-224) -- Advances in the quantitative analysis of skeletal morphology by G.N. van Vark and W. Schaafsma (pages 225-257)

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