A Companion to Paleopathology
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(Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology) 1st Edition
by Anne L. Grauer (Editor)
A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology.
- Presents
a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating
theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and
disease processes throughout human history
- Demonstrates how
paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and
non-human skeletal materials, mummified remains and preserved tissue
- Integrates
scientific advances in multiple fields that contribute to the
understanding of ancient and historic diseases, such as epidemiology,
histology, radiology, parasitology, dentistry, and molecular biology, as
well as archaeological, archival and historical research.
- Highlights
cultural processes that have an impact on the evolution of illness,
death and dying in human populations, including subsistence strategies,
human environmental adaptations, the effects of malnutrition,
differential access to resources, and interpersonal and intercultural
violence