Stories from the Skeleton

Behavioral Reconstruction in Human Osteology

Robert Jurmain (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51618-1 (ISBN)

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This volume raises central theoretical issues regarding behavioural reconstruction in human osteological research. Because behavioural reconstructions have become increasingly common, especially within paleopathology, it is time to review the scientific basis for such an approach. For example, osteological scenarios seeking to link the onset of such skeletal conditions as osteoarthritis, dental disease, and trauma with specific behaviours in past populations are critically examined. Questions are also raised as to the scientific rigor of such hypotheses, the ethnohistorical (or other) evidence used to support them and, ultimately, the soundness of such claims. In addition, commentary is included that broadens the scope to include anthropology and explains the utility (and limitations) of behavioural reconstructions in paleoanthropology and the biocultural perspective as it is used in contemporary anthropology.

Robert Jurmain is a professor of anthropology at San Jose State University in California, USA.

1: Introduction; 2: Osteoarthritis; 3: Osteoarthritis and Activity; 4: Osteoarthritis; 5: Enthesopathies and Other Osteological Indicators of Activity; 6: Trauma; 7: Studies of Bone Geometry; 8: Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.1.2012
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-415-51618-8 / 0415516188
ISBN-13	978-0-415-51618-1 / 9780415516181
Zustand	Neuware