The Archaeology of Human Bones
Author:   Simon Mays (English Heritage, and University of Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9781138045606


Pages:   452
Publication Date:   26 February 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Simon Mays (English Heritage, and University of Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9781138045606


ISBN 10:   1138045608
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   26 February 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. THE NATURE OF BONES AND TEETH; 2. THE NATURE OF THE BURIAL RECORD; 3. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK ON BURIAL GROUNDS; 4. THE ASSESSMENT OF AGE AND SEX; 5. METRIC VARIATION IN THE SKULL; 6. METRIC VARIATION IN THE POST-CRANIAL SKELETON; 7. NON-METRIC VARIATION; 8. BONE DISEASE; 9. DENTAL DISEASE; 10. TRACES OF INJURY ON THE SKELETON; 11. STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; 12. DNA ANALYSIS; 13. CREMATED BONE; 14. ETHICS AND HUMAN REMAINS

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Simon Mays is currently Human Skeletal Biologist for Historic England, based in Portsmouth, UK. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, and a Honorary Fellow at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. His research interests span all areas of archaeological human skeletal remains. Previous books include Advances in Human Palaeopathology (2008) edited with Ron Pinhasi, and The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, 2nd edition (2020) authored with Megan Brickley and Rachel Ives.

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