Advances in human palaeopathology

Parallelsachtitel: Advances in human paleopathology
Weitere Verfasser: Pinhasi, Ron.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 389 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.