Advances in human palaeopathology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ron Pinhasi, Simon Mays

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.07
• Soggetto topico: Paleopathology
• Altri autori: PinhasiRon MaysSimon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The chemical and microbial degradation of bones and teeth / Gordon Turner-Walker -- How representative are human skeletal assemblages for population analysis? / Ron Pinhasi and Chryssi Bourbou -- Epidemiological approaches in palaeopathology / Ron Pinhasi and Katy Turner -- Macroscopic analysis and data collection in palaeopathology / Anne L. Grauer -- Radiography and allied techniques in the palaeopathology of skeletal remains / Simon Mays -- Computed tomography scanning and three-dimensional visualization of mummies and bog bodies / Niels Lynnerup -- Histological studies on ancient bone / Gordon Turner-Walker and Simon Mays -- Molecular palaeopathology of human infectious disease / Helen D. Donoghue -- Databases / William White -- Differential diagnosis of skeletal lesions in infectious disease / Donald J. Ortner -- Metabolic bone disease / Simon Mays -- Tumours and tumour-like processes / Don Brothwell -- Advances in the palaeopathology of teeth and jaws / Alan Ogden -- Trauma / Pia Bennike -- Congenital anomalies / Ethne Barnes -- Growth in archaeological populations / Ron Pinhasi.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents a truly integrated methodological and biocultural approach to the expanding discipline of human palaeopathology. The book provides researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive guide to the main methods and techniques that are currently available for studying diseases and related conditions from human skeletal remains. It also describes the ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health and disease in the past. The first part of the book deals with the survival of palaeopathological evidence and provides an up-to-date account of some o
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in human palaeopathology
• ISBN: 1-281-31910-4; 9786611319106; 0-470-72418-8; 0-470-72417-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830394503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II