Arch. Biology, Skeletons

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9780849311895 / Haglund: Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives. Hardback

Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives. Hardback. ca. 18x26cm Edited by William D. Haglund, Marcella H. Sorg  xxxii, 507 pages, 300 photographs, maps, and other images. 2001. It offers the latest techniques in obtaining clues from postmortem evidence.

9780226439587 / Cruz-Uribe, Klein: Analysis of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. Paperback

Analysis of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. Paperback (sometimes cover has other colour) Kathryn Cruz-Uribe and Richard G. Klein xii, 266 pages, 55 illustrations. 1984

9780520249486 / Bokenkamp: Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Hardcover

Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Hardcover by Stephen R. Bokenkamp xi, 220 pages. 2007. One of the most important periods in the history of Chinese religion, the third through sixth centuries C.E., when social and political changes were matched by innovation and an outpouring of textual production in Daoism and Buddhism

Strouhal: Anthropologische Untersuchung der C-Gruppen- und Pan-Gräber-Skelette aus Sayala, Ägyptisch Nubien. broschiert

Anthropologische Untersuchung der C-Gruppen- und Pan-Gräber-Skelette aus Sayala, Ägyptisch Nubien. broschiert, 30 x 21 cm. Eugen Strouhal und Johann Jungwirth 198 Seiten, 33 Tafeln, 27 Abbildungen im Text. 1984. In den Jahren 1961-65 beteiligten sich österreichische Archäologen an der UNESCO-Aktion. Unter anderem haben sie umfangreiche Gräberfelder entdeckt. Die Bearbeitung des über 500 Skelette zählenden Materials fand in den Jahren 1969-70 und 1975 statt. Hier der analytischen Auswertung der ältesten Funde (ca. 2000-1600 v. Chr.)

9780745622699 /2a/ Hodder: Archaeological Theory Today. Paperback

Archaeological Theory Today. Paperback edited by Ian Hodder. 328 pages. 2005

9780750948029 O'Connor: The Archaeology of Animal Bones. 2nd edition. Paperback

Archaeology of Animal Bones. 2nd edition. Paperback by Terry O'Connor 224 pages, 40 illustrations. 2008. This is a fascinating introduction for anyone seeking how to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as the complex relationship between human and animals.

9780415151481 9780300063059 / Davis: Archaeology of Animals. Paperback

Archaeology of Animals. Paperback by Simon J.M. Davis 224 pages, glossary, maps, index, 115 line figures, 45 photos. 1987. From Stone Age mammoth-hunters to Roman black rats, this book explains how fossils found on archaeological sites help to unravel some of the mysteries which surround our ancestors

9780801473883 Roberts, Manchester: The Archaeology of Disease. Third Edition. Paperback

Archaeology of Disease. Third Edition. Paperback by Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester x, 338 pages, with index, references, numerous illustrations. 2005

9780415174077 / Mays: The Archaeology of Human Bones. Paperback

Archaeology of Human Bones. Paperback Simon Mays 242 pages, over 100 illustrations. 1998. There is no greater direct evidence regarding earlier human populations than their physical remains. This volume provides a pragmatic and up-to-date account of forensic analysis of human skeletal remains and its application in tackling major historical and archaeological issues.

9780521275255 /s Higham: The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia: From 10,000 B.C. to the Fall of Angkor

Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia: From 10,000 B.C. to the Fall of Angkor. Paperback by Charles Higham. 404 pages. This important new synthesis focuses on the social world of early mainland Southeast Asia.

9780415317221 / Fowler: The Archaeology of Personhood. An Anthropological Approach. Paperback

Archaeology of Personhood. An Anthropological Approach. Paperback by Chris Fowler 160 pages. 2006. The Archaeology of Personhood discusses what it means to be human and, by drawing on examples from European prehistory, discusses the implications that contemporary understandings of personhood have on archaeological interpretation

9780521734660 / Renfrew, Morley: Becoming Human: Innovation in Prehistoric Material and Spiritual Culture. Paperback

Becoming Human: Innovation in Prehistoric Material and Spiritual Culture. Paperback by Colin Renfrew and Iain Morley. xviii, 282 pages. 2009

9781560986843 Whittington: Bones of the Maya. Studies of Ancient Skeletons. Cloth

Bones of the Maya. Studies of Ancient Skeletons. Cloth edited by Stephen L. Whittington & David M. Reed 290 pages, index, bibliography, many illustrations. 1997. Coverage spans the formative through colonial periods, with a geographic focus on the Maya lowlands of northern Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras. Includes osteological, dental, bone chemistry, and DNA analyses. Diet and health status of Maya populations is a major theme

9780521467865 / Jones: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Paperback

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Paperback Edited by Steve Jones, Robert Martin and David Pilbeam. Executive editor: Sarah Bunney. Foreword by Richard Dawkins 520 pages, numerous maps, illustrations, appendices, glossary, index. 1994

Chia Lan-Po: Cave Home of Peking Man. Paperback

Cave Home of Peking Man. Paperback by Chia Lan-Po 52 pages with text, many black-white and colour illustrations, first edition 1975

9780715632840 Fforde: Collecting the Dead: Archaeology and the Reburial Issue. Paperback

Collecting the Dead: Archaeology and the Reburial Issue. Paperback by Cressida Fforde ix, 198 pages, with 9 plates. 2004 Click here for more product information

Agrawal: Dating the Human Past. Cloth ip

Dating the Human Past. by D.P. Agrawal and M.G. Yadava 134 pages, 28 illustrations. 1995. Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies

9780750935265 Cartwright: Disease and History. Paperback

Disease and History. Paperback by Frederick F. Cartwright and Michael D. Biddiss 280 pages, 16 illustrations. 2004. This fully updated edition of 'Disease & History' examines diseases such as the plagues which brought down ancient Greece and Rome, the Black Death which devastated 13th century Europe and, more recently, AIDS and the SARS epidemic

9780415278171 Watts: Disease and Medicine in World History. Paperback

Disease and Medicine in World History. Paperback Sheldon Watts x, 166 pages. 2003. Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures

9781405145893 Ellen: Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind. Paperback

Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind. Paperback By Prof Dr Roy Ellen 176 pages. 2006. This book considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions about the character of culture, language, cognition, knowledge, subsistence practice and co-evolution.

9780691089775 Mayor: The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Paperback

First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor xx, 361 pages, numerous illustrations. Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes and Giants - these creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the imagination through accounts that have come down from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if they were more than fictions? This text shows that many of these beings did have a basis in fact.

9780691058634 Mayor: The First Fossil Hunters. Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Cloth

First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor xx, 361 pages, numerous illustrations. 2000. Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes and Giants, these creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the imagination through accounts that have come down from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if they were more than fictions? This text shows that these beings did have a basis in fact.

9780892132942 Cremo: Forbidden Archeology. The Hidden History of the Human Race. Cloth

Forbidden Archeology. The Hidden History of the Human Race. Cloth by Michael A. Cremo & Richard L. Thompson 914 pages, illustrated. 1993

9780892132836 Cremo: Forbidden Archeology's Impact. Cloth

Forbidden Archeology's Impact. How a Controversial New Book Shocked the Scientific Community and Became an Underground Classic by Michael A. Cremo 570 pages. 1998

9780415273121 / Cox, Hunter: Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice. Paperback

Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice. Paperback by Margaret Cox, John Hunter 256 pages, 50 line drawings, 25 photos. 2005. This new and updated edition of a textbook universally hailed as an indispensible guide, is a complete introduction to the methods and means of forensic archaeology.

9780849391897 / Fairgrieve: Forensic Cremation. Recovery and Analysis. Hardback

Forensic Cremation. Recovery and Analysis. Hardback By Scott I. Fairgrieve 224 pages, 63 illustrations, 35 tables. 2008. Presenting current research in forensic anthropology in a condensed, useable format, "Forensic Cremation: Recovery and Analysis" begins with an evaluation of the reasonable expectations for analyzing cremains in a forensic setting.

9780415 9780849329821 / Dupras: Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches. Hardcover

Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches. Hardcover. by Tosha L. Dupras, John J. Schultz, Sandra M. Wheeler,  Lana J. Williams 256 pages. 2005. This comprehensive reference focuses on the practical aspects of  recovery and excavation of human remains. Chapters highlight various techniques used to survey, map, recover, document, collect, and transport human remains from crime scenes

9780500051184 / Shennan: Genes, Memes and Human History. Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution

Genes, Memes and Human History. Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution Stephen Shennan 304 pages, 47 illustrations. 2002. What is the history of human populations? How are cultural traditions maintained and changed over time? What led to the emergence of marked social inequalities? These and other questions are addressed and answered in this text, an application of neo-Darwinian evolutionary ideas to the human past

9780521660754 / Bonis, de Bonis: Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe. Volume 2. Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia. Hardback

Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe. Volume 2. Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia. Hardback Louis de Bonis 384 pages. 2001.

9780521640978 / Agusti: Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 1: The Evolution of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe. Hardback

Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 1: The Evolution of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe. Hardback Edited by Jorge Agustí, Lorenzo Rook, Peter Andrews 528 pages. 1999. Many different lines of evidence are brought together including studies specifically on past climates and the application of climate modelling, the reconstruction of past geographical events, and the effects they had on European environments and the plants and animals living in them.

9780892133345 Cremo: Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory. Hardcover

Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory. Hardcover. by Michael A. Cremo xxx, 554 pages. 2003

9780521776721 /s Panter-Brick: Hunter-Gatherers. An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Paperback

Hunter-Gatherers. An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Paperback Catherine Panter-Brick, Robert H. Layton and Peter Rowley-Conwy, editors 360 pages, some tables, glossary, index. 2001. Analyses of the ecology, biology and society of past and present-day hunter-gatherers are at the core of this interdisciplinary volume.

9780349103457 / Leakey: Origins Reconsidered. In Search of What Makes Us Human. Paperback

Origins Reconsidered. In Search of What Makes Us Human. New edition. Paperback by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin 464 pages, 16 illustrations. 2004. An account of Richard Leakey's search for not only human origins, but also the origin of humanity. Since writing "Origins" in 1978, he has shifted his studies from the eastern to the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya

9780521678551 / Waldron: Palaeopathology: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback

Palaeopathology: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback Tony Waldron 298 pages. December 2008. Uses a novel approach to the diagnosis of disease in the skeleton which will ensure that the same criteria are used by all bone specialists. Information is soundly clinically based, using up-to-date medical knowledge

9780521800631 / Hoppa: Paleodemography. Age Distributions from Skeletal Samples. Hardback

Paleodemography. Age Distributions from Skeletal Samples. Hardback Edited by Robert D. Hoppa, James W. Vaupel 274 pages, with 28 line diagrams, 4 half-tones, 25 tables. 2002

9780632036394 / Crawley: Plant Ecology. Paperback

Plant Ecology. Paperback. Edited by M. Crawley 736 pages. 2nd, revised, edition 1996

9780521818261 / Aufderheide: The Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback

Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback Arthur C. Aufderheide 626 pages, 17 line diagrams 328 half-tones 6 colour plates. 2002. The fact that bodies decay after death has concerned humans throughout the ages. Many cultures have attempted to arrest this decay, so that bodies are preserved (or mummified) in a state as near to life as possible, but spontaneously mummified bodies are also found.

9780691125602 Kaplan: Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist. Hardcover

Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist. Hardcover by Eugene H. Kaplan. Illustrated by Sandy Chichester Rivkin and Susan L. Kaplan x, 271 pages, 150 line illustartions. 2006. Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take readers to the bottom of the sea in a submarine to discover living fossils or to coral reefs to observe a day in the life of an octopus, and the sea and its splendors come into focus, in brilliant colors and with immediacy.

9780752414881 Waldron: Shadows in the Soil. Human Bones and Archaeology. Paperback

Shadows in the Soil. Human Bones and Archaeology. Paperback. Tony Waldron 158 pages, 17 tables, 43 illustrations. 2001

9780691092843 Larsen: Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology

Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology Clark Spencer Larsen 248 pages, illustrations, map, index. 2002. The dead tell no tales. Or do they? In this text, Clark Spencer Larsen shows that the dead can speak to us through the insights of bioarchaeology, which reconstructs the lives and lifestyles of past peoples based on the study of skeletal remains

Allchin: A Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover

Source-book of Indian Archaeology. Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover edited by F.R. Allchin & Dilip K. Chakrabarti vii, 291 pages

9780521545495 / Hillson: Teeth. 2nd Edition. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback

Teeth. 2nd Edition. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback Simon Hillson 388 pages, 112 line diagrams, 18 half-tones, 16 tables. Fully revised and updated edition 2005. New edition gives a fully revised and expanded examination of dental studies in archaeology, anthropology and related disciplines. Provides descriptions and illustrations for 325 mammal genera from Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America. Sets out charts, tables, and details of relevant techniques and equipment.

1872561004 Podzorkski: Their Bones Shall Not Perish: An Examination of Predynastic Human Skeletal Remains from Naga-ed-Der in Egypt. Hardback

Their Bones Shall Not Perish: An Examination of Predynastic Human Skeletal Remains from Naga-ed-Der in Egypt. Hardback by Patricia V. Podzorkski xii, 166 pages. 1990

9780521458405 /s Lee Lyman: Vertebrate Taphonomy. Paperback

Vertebrate Taphonomy. Paperback by R. Lee Lyman 550 pages, 20 line diagrams 26 half-tones. 1994. Taphonomy studies the transition of organic matter from the biosphere into the geological record. In this user-friendly, encyclopedic reference volume, Lee Lyman reviews the wide range of analytical techniques used to solve particular zooarchaeological problems, illustrating these in most cases with appropriate examples.

9780521673938 / Reitz, Wing: Zooarchaeology. 2nd edition. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback

Zooarchaeology. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Paperback by Elizabeth J. Reitz & Elizabeth S. Wing 558 pages, figures, tables, bibliography, index. 2nd edition, 2008. This is an introductory text for students interested in identification and analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. The emphasis is on animals whose remains inform us about the relationship between humans and their natural and social environments, especially site formation processes, subsistence strategies, the processes of domestication, and paleoenvironments.

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