Book description
"This book is virtually required reading for biological
anthropologists and will be a useful, up-to-date primer on osteological
analyses for a wider audience."
-The Quarterly Review of Biology
, March 2009
"… a comprehensive guide to the ever-changing
discipline of physical anthropology… provides an in depth introduction
to human skeletal biology. The structure of the book makes it easy for
the reader to follow the progression of the field of human skeletal
biology."
-PaleoAnthropology, 2009 Issue
The First Edition of Biological Anthropology of the Human
Skeleton is the market-leading reference and textbook on the
scientific analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from
archaeological sites. Now, featuring scores of new or thoroughly
revised content, this Second Edition provides the most comprehensive
and up-to-date coverage of the topic available.
Like the previous edition, this Second Edition is organized
into five parts with contributing chapters written by experts in the
field of human skeletal biology: Part One covers theory and
application; Part Two discusses morphological analyses of bone, teeth,
and age changes; Part Three reviews prehistoric health and disease;
Part Four examines chemical and genetic analysis of hard tissues; and
Part Five closes with coverage of quantitative methods and population
studies. Each chapter includes a review of recent studies,
descriptions of analytical techniques and underlying assumptions,
theory, methodological advances, and speculation about future research.
New or thoroughly revised content includes:
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Techniques in the analysis of human skeletal and dental remains
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Extensive coverage of new technologies, including modern
morphometric techniques
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Advances in the field of forensic anthropology
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Enhanced discussion of ethical terms regarding the study of
aboriginal peoples' remains where those people are no longer the
dominant culture
This book serves as an indispensable research guide to biological
anthropologists, osteologists, paleoanthropologists, and
archaeologists. Now with a stronger focus on teaching complex material
to students, this revised edition provides enhanced case studies and
discussions for future directions, making it an invaluable textbook
for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in biological
anthropology and forensic anthropology programs.
M. A
NNE KATZENBERG, received her Ph. D. in anthropology from the
University of Toronto in 1983. She holds a university professorship at
the University of Calgary(Department of Archaeology). Her research
interests include diet and health in past peoples, and in particular,
she explores the various applications of stable isotope analysis to
reconstructing paleodiet, paleodemography, and ecology. She serves on
the editorial board of the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology
and is the vice-president of the Paleopathology Association. In 2003,
she was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. She serves as a
consultant in forensic anthropology for the Medical Examiner of
Alberta (southern division). Recent publications include
“Identification of historical human skeletal remains: a case study
using skeletal and dental age, history and DNA” International
Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2005, with G. Oetelaar, J.
Oetelaar, C. Fitzgerald, D. Yang, and S. R. Saunders, and “Skeletal
Biology: Great Lakes Area,” Handbook of North American Indians,
Volume 3, 2006, edited by D. H. Ubelaker. She is co-editor, with
Stanley Ambrose of Close to the Bone: Biogeochemical
Approaches to Paleodietary Analyses in Archaeology (Plenum
Press, 2001).
SHELLEY R. SAUNDERS, received her Ph. D. in anthropology from
the University of Toronto in 1977. She is currently a professor in the
Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, and the director of
the McMaster Anthropology Hard Tissue and Light Microscopy Laboratory.
Her research covers microscopic and macroscopic human dental and
skeletal growth and development, dental pathology, and methods of sex
and age estimation from teeth and bones. She holds a Canada Research
Chair in Human Disease and Population Origins and is the founder of
the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre. She is also North American editor of
the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and was elected
to the Royal Society of Canada in 2001. Recent publications include
the coauthored article, “Health of infants in an Imperial Roman
skeletal sample: perspective from dental microstructure,” American
Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2006, and “Sexual dimorphism
of the dental tissues in human permanent mandibular canines and first
premolars,” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007,
with A. H.W. Chan, B. Kahlon, H. F. Kluge, and C. M. FitzGerald.
